Japan has ramped up its security cooperation with the Philippines in other ways, too, steadily donating vessels and other ...

Japan fighter aircraft were scrambled 448 times in the last nine months – a 14 percent decrease from the same timeframe last ...

They are controlled by the Ministry of Defense with the Prime Minister as commander-in-chief. Since the end of the Cold War, and particularly into the 21st century, increased tensions with North Korea ...

Japan is taking a significant leap in naval warfare technology, teaming up with the United States to build a new class of Aegis-enabled destroyers. The ships are expected to be armed with advanced ...

The Japan Self-Defense Force recently tested the deployment of a developing hypersonic missile system that is designed to defend Tokyo’s islands from foreign warships. The Acquisition, Technology and ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Defense Ministry acknowledged it failed to meet recruitment goals for the Self-Defense Forces in recent years, as the country seeks to bolster its military amid growing threats from ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday in Yokohama, Japan, praised the Nigerian Armed Forces for their resilience in the war against insurgency and criminality, saying their sacrifices remain the ...