Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and NATO chief Mark Rutte have vowed to further deepen military ties while stressing ...

Japan formally activated on Sunday a new joint maritime transport unit geared towards improving troop deployment capabilities ...

During a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Defense ...

The Battle of Luzon remains a powerful example of how U.S. Army landpower serves as a decisive force in the Indo-Pacific.

In recent years, crime groups' bases of operations for "special fraud" cases targeting people in Japan via scam phone calls ...

Japan on Monday launched a new command for the Self-Defense Forces to better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses, in a major revamp aimed at ensuring smoother coordination with the U.S.

The Pentagon has begun the first phase of upgrading U.S. Forces Japan to a joint force headquarters, announced Secretary of ...

Hana Kusumoto is a reporter/translator who has been covering local authorities in Japan since 2002. She was born in Nagoya, ...

The U.S. ambassador toured facilities including the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force garrisons on the islands. The U.S. envoy’s visits to the islands in Japan’s westernmost area were made ...

crime groups' bases of operations for "special fraud" cases targeting people in Japan via scam phone calls have been set up overseas, and police forces in other countries have been making arrests.