Japan's defense establishment has committed to making the Self-Defense Forces the world's most proficient operator of unmanned systems — a goal that looks increasingly urgent given......
Japan's Defense Ministry released its 2026 Defense White Paper in August, delivering one of Tokyo's starkest public assessments yet of the military balance between China and Taiwan......
On June 27, Chinese and Russian air forces carried out their 11th Joint Air Strategic Patrol, sending more than 15 aircraft across the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the west......
Japan's government on April 21 approved a sweeping overhaul of its defense export rules, permitting domestic arms manufacturers to sell lethal weapons overseas for the first time i......
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait on April 17 for the first time in roughly ten months, prompting an immediate diplomatic protest......
Japan's Defense Ministry has announced a new recruitment target aimed at significantly increasing the share of female personnel in the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) by the mid-2030s, a......
