Japanese fighter aircraft intercepted a Russian spy plane over the waters west of the nation on Tuesday, while a suspected ...

Japan is the fourth country to purchase the latest version of the U.S. Army's CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter to modernize its ...

The Maritime Self-Defense Force said Thursday that it has begun the Pacific Steller joint exercise with the U.S. and French ...

Potential U.S. adversaries will take note of unprecedented air power drills underway over Guam by 33 American, Australian and ...

Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit ...

A French Navy frigate is making a port call at a US military base in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The vessel is taking part in a trilateral exercise with Japan and the United States in the ...

Japan detonated 461 WWII-era US-made shells Thursday off the coast of Japan's southeastern island of Okinawa, the Stars and Stripes US military newspaper reported. The shells saw active combat in WWII ...

The Russian and Chinese militaries have sent spy ships to waters close to United States treaty ally Japan, Tokyo reported on ...

The Maritime Self-Defense Force will dispatch a cutting-edge warship to Australia later this month, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Wednesday, after Japan was shortlisted to build Canberra's new ...

Japan has not engaged in war since World War II, maintaining a pacifist stance under its post-war constitution. However, ...

Japan has requested the purchase of up to 150 SM-6 anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missiles from the American government and ...

U.S. Army Japan and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force close out North Wind 25, a bilateral cold-weather field training ...