Long-range counterair ability to detect, track and engage Chinese aircraft before they can launch attacks is missing from ...
Japan is positioning itself as a focal point for defense cooperation among U.S. partners.
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber on Dec. 10, 2025. (Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP) Japan is barreling forward with efforts to ...
China’s reach is extending beyond the First Island Chain. Japan is taking note. U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force ...
Shinjiro Koizumi makes some of Tokyo's most pointed remarks yet in the dispute over Japan's military build-up.
Launched in Seattle in 1943, the U.S. minesweeper Vigilance survived a Japanese submarine and air attack in the United States ...
Japan’s government audit arm has sharply criticized the United States for failing to deliver a large portion of military equipment that Tokyo purchased under long-term defense contracts worth ...
Japanese media outlets on Wednesday revealed the outline of Japan's annual defense report, which claimed China's military ...
The U.S. and Japan will hold two exercises in Japan in late June, Resolute Dragon 26 and the Japan segment of Valiant Shield 2026, according to releases by the Japanese military on Friday. Valiant ...
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will visit Indonesia on Friday for talks with President Prabowo Subianto and ...