The government, under U.S. pressure for a military increase, pledged to achieve the 2% target by March, two years earlier ...

F or nigh on 1,000 years, the Japanese pirates have wreaked havoc…they respect only force, and their hearts are bursting with ...

On 9 December 2025, at Tsuiki Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), at least 16 F-2 fighter aircraft were ...

Japan ’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming fiscal year, accelerating a military buildup that includes cruise missiles and ...

Japan’s tourism sector is bracing for a rough holiday season amid a diplomatic row with China over a remark Japanese PM Sanae ...

While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.

Japan has accelerated plans to devote 2 percent of its GDP — and more — to its military as China grows more assertive and the ...

Shigeru Iwasaki, a former head of Japan's Joint Staff, has been serving as a political adviser to Taiwan since March.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the door to communications with China remains open and Tokyo’s goal of building a ...

Japan's cabinet has approved a draft initial state budget of $783 billion for the fiscal year starting next April, largest in ...

Japan Iron and Steel Federation Chairman Tadashi Imai said on Thursday that China's planned export-licence requirement would ...