Japan isn’t allowed to have aircraft carriers—so they built them anyway. Disguised as “helicopter destroyers,” the Izumo-class ships reveal a clever workaround of constitutional limits, global ...

Pacific, Japan is reshaping its defense strategy with unprecedented ambition. This episode dives into the policies and ...

Japan's defence ministry plans to acquire six shipborne small UAVs in fiscal year 2025 as part of a broader strategy to ...

Japan will export used destroyers to the Philippines, Reuters reported, citing Japan's Yomiuri newspaper on Sunday, to ...

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

Japan has warned of escalating military threats from China in a new defense report. The report highlights China's growing ...

The Japanese military is particularly vulnerable to the consequences of demographic change. ... Japan’s new defense strategy, unveiled in 2022, will require an estimated $300 billion through 2027. But ...

Biden, Kishida to announce new U.S.-Japan military partnership efforts 03:47. ... which includes remote islands that are considered key to Japan's defense strategy.

Japan has test-fired a missile on Japanese territory for the first time as the country accelerates its military buildup to deter China. The Type 88 surface-to-ship, short-range missile was tested ...

The missiles are part of a defense buildup that is central to Japan’s strategy for appealing to President Trump. While Tokyo is now deep in negotiations with Washington over lifting new tariffs ...

Japan, under a new security strategy adopted in 2022, has been rapidly accelerating its military buildup through its alliance with the United States, its only treaty ally, and other partners ...