The Joint Operations Command for the ASDF, the Ground SDF and the Maritime SDF is set to be launched in March at the Defense ...

YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a speech at the National Defense Academy’s graduation ceremony, vowed to strengthen Japan’s defense capabilities in light of the ...

Japan's new head of the Ground Self-Defense Force is something of a maverick, having become the first top-ranking officer not to have graduated from the National Defense Academy in recent memory ...

In the chilly winter breeze, the flags of the United States and Japan flutter together in this strategic naval base where the military allies’ firepower is in rare public display - a docked U.S.

A former admiral of Japan's Self-Defense Force is taking ... Otsuka enjoyed a distinguished career as a graduate of the National Defense Academy. He joined the Maritime Self-Defense Force in ...