The Japanese government passed a record defense budget in 2024, in line with its commitment to increase its defense spending to two percent of its GDP by 2027. The country’s new prime minister, ...

During a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Defense ...

The increasing military use of a civilian airport in southwest Japan, thought to be for contingency drills with China in mind ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a plan to upgrade the U.S. military command in Japan, an "indispensable" ...

The U.S. defense secretary sought to reassure its ally over security ties and vowed to speed up the creation of a joint ...

The Pentagon has begun the first phase of upgrading U.S. Forces Japan to a joint force headquarters, announced Secretary of ...

The long-range missiles could target vulnerable parts of ships and traverse Japan’s mountainous terrains to hit land-based ...

The Department of Defense has scheduled “listening sessions” at three U.S. military bases in Japan next week to collect ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US military has begun to upgrade its operations in Japan to a new “war-fighting” ...

An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the ...

U_S_ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called Japan an “indispensable partner” in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in ...

TOKYO — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Japan on Sunday an "indispensable partner" in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the region and announced upgrading the U.S. military ...