Japan is pushing the legal limit of ‘defence’ as it faces its ‘most severe and complex security environment’ since 1945.

Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms ...

Japan's participation in the Balikatan drill and its new weapon export rules are set to further defence ties between the two ...

A constitutional revision solves the wrong problem – and creates new complications.

The results from the February 8 election suggest that the long-standing debate over Japan’s defense policy has largely been settled. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s second Izumo-class ...

In 2026, a consensus seems to be forming around Japan’s national security needs. The government has already doubled its security spending, and Prime Minister Takaichi has hastened to complete the five ...

TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Japanese public now sees China's growing military power as the country's leading security concern, overtaking the threat posed by North Korean nuclear missiles, a ...

For decades, U.S. allies operated within an international system built and maintained by the United States. Washington was committed to keeping global trade flowing, to the benefit of countries around ...

Space is becoming a foundational domain for integrated operations and deterrence within the U.S.-Japan alliance. Space capabilities—satellite communications, positioning, navigation and timing, ...