U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called Japan an “indispensable partner” in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described Japan on Sunday as indispensable for tackling Chinese aggression and said ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government established a new joint operations command Monday to oversee the three branches of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, aiming to ensure readiness and greater ...

Japan launched its new Joint Operations Command on Monday to better integrate all three branches of its Self-Defense Forces. The move is expected to reinforce the SDF's organizational strength by ...

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 missiles are intended to enhance the capabilities of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They will be deployed ...

A Kawasaki P-1 patrol aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force launches anti-missile flares during a fleet review off Sagami Bay, Kanagawa prefecture, in 2015. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty ...

Nakatani also mentioned Japan's new Joint Operations Command, which was launched on Monday to unify the three branches of the Self-Defense Forces. He said he hopes to discuss strengthening ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense plans to expand ... The ministry may purchase 54 acres to enlarge Camp Ishigaki, a Ground Self-Defense Force base on the island, said Osamu Tanahara, director of ...

Shigeru Iwasaki, the chief of staff of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces from 2012 through 2014, was named a consultant to Taiwan’s cabinet, said the two officials who asked not to be identified ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Museum opened on April 5, 2007, and is the only museum in Japan where you can board a real submarine. The JDS Akishio, commissioned in 1986, was in ...

On Friday, Taiwan’s presidential cabinet, the Executive Yuan, announced that it had appointed Shigeru Iwasaki, the former head of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF), as an advisor. JASDF ...