Japan has struggled to export cutting-edge defense equipment. However, past disappointments have been turned on their head ...

Australia will upgrade its navy with 11 Mogami-class frigates built by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Defense Minister ...

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world ...

In a speech later Monday at Vietnam-Japan University, Suga said that Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” concept and “ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific," formulated by the Association of ...

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 ...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build the navy’s new fleet of frontline warships after beating its German rival in a ...

Japan is on track to achieve its target of boosting defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product in the next two years, but the real challenge -- whether to go beyond that level -- may come ...

The Trump administration should encourage Japan to take more a lead in its own defense against China. Although President Donald Trump has put his “reciprocal” tariffs on hold for three months ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the European Union announced a security and defense partnership on Friday as they seek to step up military ties, including joint exercises and exchanges between their ...

On May 13, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) announced it will conduct a joint exercise with the South Korean Marine Corps in the Philippines in early June, part of a larger multilateral ...