Japan plans to map out a strategy within 2025 to boost defense equipment exports by enhancing the international competitiveness of its defense industry.The government aims to strengthen the industry's foundation…
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced a slew of picks to fill key Pentagon positions, but his choice to be the Defense Department's policy chief may be the most consequential…
Japan will regularly deploy the Ground Self-Defense Force's marine unit to Australia, the two countries' defense chiefs said Sunday, in a boost for trilateral cooperation alongside Washington that is intended…
New Defense Minister Gen Nakatani has held his first talks with his US counterpart, with the two agreeing to continue expanding their bilateral presence in Japan's far-flung Nansei Islands near…
Beijing delivered a strongly worded warning to Tokyo on Thursday after Japan a day earlier sent a Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel through the Taiwan Strait for the first time ever…
Concerned about the worsening security situation in the Indo-Pacific, France and Japan are speeding up negotiations to finalize a visiting-forces pact within the coming months that could also facilitate Self-Defense…
Despite a big domestic agenda and spending cuts eyed by Britain's new Labor government, London will remain laser-focused on the Indo-Pacific, and will continue to deepen ties with Japan, the…