A fundamental change came in December 2022 when former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government adopted a security strategy stating the need for Japan to acquire strike-back capability with long-range missiles, a major break from Japan’s self-defense-only policy.

Japan is barreling forward with efforts to significantly boost its military capabilities to stand up to China's growing threats by doubling annual arms spending. The goal comes as Tokyo's main ally, the United States,

WASHINGTON — Japanese radar-imaging company Synspective has been selected as a partner in a Japan Ministry of Defense project to build and operate a satellite constellation that would give Japan’s military priority access to imagery, the company announced Dec. 25.

China launched an investigation into a chemical gas used in making semiconductors, a day after it imposed curbs on the export of so-called dual-use goods that could be used by Japan’s military.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's military test-fired a missile on Japanese territory for the first time Tuesday, as the country accelerates its military buildup to deter China. The Type 88 surface-to-ship, short-range missile was tested at the Shizunai Anti-Air ...

Sailors preform pre-flight checks on a CMV-22B Osprey, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission (VRM) 50, on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 4, 2023. (Mass Communication ...

Japan is facing its most complex security environment in generations, pointing to Russia, China, North Korea and uncertainty in the Middle East as the key factors, defense leaders said on Thursday. They said Japan’s military will improve its capabilities and bolster cooperation with like-minded partners and allies,

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she had an “extremely meaningful” call with President Donald Trump and would visit the US leader later this year amid heightened tensions in the region sparked by recent Chinese military drills around Taiwan.