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......
Japan's parliament voted in late June to rename the Air Self-Defense Force the "Air and Space Self-Defense Force" before the close of the current fiscal year in March 2027. The cha......
China's export restrictions on Japan, now in their sixth month, are doing exactly what Beijing intended: severing a critical link in the U.S. defense industrial supply chain — and ......
A passenger ferry operated by Shosen Yaeyama — the Yaeyamamaru (八重山丸) — completed its inaugural voyage last week, connecting Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, to Keelun......
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......
