Japan is undergoing a profound shift from postwar pacifism to proactive civil defence, building a nationwide shelter network ...

Amid rising regional tensions with North Korea and China, Japan is bolstering its defense capabilities. The nation plans to ...

Japan's Diet on Friday approved a significant defense agreement permitting Japanese forces' deployment to the Philippines for ...

Much of the world fears China becoming increasingly aggressive militarily while increasing its technological and cyber ...

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung vowed Wednesday to restart dormant talks with North Korea and bolster a trilateral ...

"It also increases our readiness to respond to [any] contingency ... Prior to establishing the Joint Command Forces, Japan relied on an ad-hoc military command to oversee specific operations ...

Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a Chinese military ship kept watch from a distance. The Chinese ...