The number of Chinese warships passing between Okinawa Prefecture's islands tripled between 2021 and 2024, according to Japan ...

After Japan’s defeat in World War II, the country adopted a pacifist constitution under the influence of the United States, ...

Officials in Tokyo released their Defense of Japan 2025 white paper this week with findings the international community is ...

TOKYO -- Japan cautioned against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity stretching from its southwestern coasts to ...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met for talks on the sidelines of Association of Southeast ...

A Chinese military Y-9 intelligence-gathering aircraft entered Japanese airspace in the territorial waters off the Danjo Islands southwest of Japan’s main southern island, Kyushu, from about 11: ...

Today, Japan is ranked fifth globally in overall military power after the U.S., Russia, China and India, and its defense budget ranked sixth in the 2021 ranking of 140 countries by the Global ...

Japan, which renounced war in 1947, last year unveiled a five-year $315 billion military expansion to deter Beijing from using force in the East China Sea amid growing concern that Russia's attack ...

As Japan seeks to address growing concerns regarding Chinese military activities in the region, Tokyo's toolbox is limited by the vast volume of trade between the two Asian powers.

Japan and Australia agreed to increase joint military training exercises as their government ministers shared concerns over China’s recent incursions into Japanese airspace and territorial waters.

Japan's Cabinet OK'd a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on Tuesday, its latest step away from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of World War II.

Though Japan’s pacifist strategic posture outlived the Cold War, it has steadily eroded in the 21st century as Washington urged it to beef up its military and because of Tokyo’s concern that ...