Japan plans to join the global parts-sharing system for F-35 stealth jet production, in an exception to its long-held principle of not exporting weapons or their components.

The government will allow Japanese companies to take part in the manufacture of parts for F-35 fighter jet as an exception to the nation's ban exporting weapons.

The United States will conduct training flights of Osprey aircraft over the main islands next week, Lt. Gen. Samuel Angelella, the top commander of the U.S. military in Japan, said Thursday. It will be the first time the controversial aircraft will conduct training flights ...

Reviewing its response to the Algerian hostage crisis last month, the government admitted Thursday it doesn’t have enough Arabic-speaking diplomats or military attaches in Africa, making it nearly impossible to gather sufficient intelligence. According to a 19-page interim report, the embassy in Algeria — ...

Haruhiko Kuroda, a strong advocate of aggressive monetary easing, is officially nominated as the next Bank of Japan governor.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party-led government will adopt new national defense program guidelines by year’s end, replacing those drafted by his predecessor administration, led by the Democratic Party of Japan, amid China’s accelerating moves to modernize its military. The LDP administration will ...

Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) is moving forward with plans not only to field candidates nationwide in this summer’s Upper House election but also run against Kansai politicians who oppose its efforts to create a new regional system. “We’re making preparations to ...