President Trump has complained the U.S.-Japan defense partnership is one-sided, but with China throwing its weight around, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US military has begun to upgrade its operations in Japan to a new “war-fighting” command, highlighting the Trump administration’s focus on China as its primary ...

But any Japanese cooperation was not expected to involve combat, in line with what has been Tokyo’s post-World War II tradition of limiting its military’s role. Nakatani said Japan wants to ...

Citing a growing threat from China, the nominee for U.S. ambassador to Japan recently told senators he plans to ask Tokyo to increase its military spending. “The sophistication of the Chinese is ...

Police in Japan will stop issuing uniform skirts to female officers from April, nearly 50 years after they were first introduced. Uniform design, color and materials are stipulated in regulations ...

Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF) vice chief of staff Lieutenant General Matsunaga Koji reiterated Tokyo's commitment to enhanced military cooperation with the Philippines, the Department of National ...

This would include speeding up a Biden administration-era plan to create a new joint U.S.-Japan military command in Tokyo that he called a “war-fighting headquarters,” although Mr. Hesgeth did ...

TOKYO – Japan has put the branches of its military under a single operational command, joining the US, China and other nations to better prepare for conflict by ensuring coordination between ...