The defense pact with the Philippines, which includes live-fire drills, is the first to be forged by Japan in Asia. Japan signed similar accords with Australia in 2022 and with Britain in 2023.

Japan is concerned with the “unlawful maritime claims and oppose the dangerous and coercive use of the coast guard and maritime militia vessels in the South China Sea,” Defense Minister Minoru Kihara ...

Japanese warships docked in New Zealand ’s capital Friday for the first time in almost 90 years amid efforts by Tokyo to ...

Top defense and foreign affairs officials of Japan and the Philippines will meet in Manila July 2024, to strengthen strategic ties and discuss regional concerns, the Department of Foreign Affairs ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan can now give defense equipment and technology to Vietnam under an agreement signed Saturday, as the two countries step up their military cooperation amid worries about China ...

Japanese frigate arrives in Australia as Tokyo bids for defense deal - The Japanese stealth frigate JS Yahagi has docked in Australia's northern-most city of Darwin as part of Japan’s push to ...

Australia And New Zealand Australia, Japan sign defense pact as China concerns loom SYDNEY (AP) — The leaders of Japan and Australia signed a “landmark” defense agreement Thursday that allows closer ...

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed a "new era" of U.S.-Japan strategic cooperation on Wednesday, laying out a series of projects from co-development of missiles ...