The Japan Self-Defense Force has missed its recruitment goal for the last several years and is struggling to meet those goals ...

Japan's defense white paper for 2025 has expressed strong concern over Chinese military activities that it says could have ...

Japan has reiterated its sovereignty claim over Korea’s Dokdo islets — referred to as “Takeshima” by Tokyo — for the 21st ...

Japan's Defense Ministry is concerned that China is expanding the operational capabilities of its military over a wider area, ...

Japan has raised strong caution about China’s rapid acceleration of military activity in extensive areas from around its ...

The South Korean government on Tuesday "strongly" protested after Japan reiterated its territorial claim to the easternmost ...

The government has appointed current ASDF head, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, as the next chief of staff of the Defense Ministry's ...

Japan and Australia have been asked by Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby to detail their commitments in the case of a U.S.

Beijing’s military “created a situation that could seriously impact Japan’s security,” the paper said, repeating earlier ...

South Korea strongly protested Tuesday after Japan reiterated its territorial claims to disputed islets lying halfway between ...

The Japanese government plans to appoint Taro Yamato, who leads the Defense Ministry's policy bureau, as its next top ...

The Japanese army has begun deploying its fleet of V-22 Ospreys on a newly opened permanent base in the southwest, the latest ...