Japan is ramping up its hypersonic weapons program amid mounting threats from China and North Korea, but technological gaps and dependence on the US ...

Japan's current “three principles on transfer of defense equipment and technology” allow exports of lethal weapons only to countries that are jointly developing or producing defense equipment.

The US government has cleared the potential sale of additional long-range air-to-surface missiles to arm Japanese combat aircraft. The package is valued at $39 million and includes up to 16 ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, pleaded guilty in Manhattan, New York, to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium ...