Rewritten policies could even include changes to nuclear weapons stance, analyst says Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ...

TOKYO – As Iran held the Persian Gulf under blockade in March, Japan was bracing for impact: 93% of the country’s oil came ...

Japan’s prime minister has inaugurated a panel tasked with reviewing her country’s security and defense policies as tensions ...

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

The new rules on arms exports are another iteration of Japan’s changing perception of its security needs. At the same time, ...

By Arathy Somasekhar and David Brunnstrom April 27 (Reuters) - China denounced remarks by Japan and the European Union about ...

To fully understand its significance, we must situate the Cabinet decision within both its historical context and the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Defense ministers from Japan and Britain hailed their “deep strategic alignment” on Thursday as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made its first port call in Tokyo. The HMS Prince of Wales, ...

Japan on Tuesday approved a plan to increase defense spending by 5 percent in the next five years to purchase its first surveillance drones, more jet fighters and naval destroyers in the face of China ...

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 ...