U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to press for greater cooperation to contain North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat at a regional security forum in Singapore later this week, where for years Washington has sought to spotlight China’s expansion in the strategic South ...
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are working with Japanese partners on rival projects, government and defense industry sources in Tokyo said.
The head of the U.S. Pacific Command has visited for the first time a key Ground Self-Defense Force listening post just 150 km (90 miles) south of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Adm. Harry Harris was accompanied by Self-Defense Forces Chief ...
Japan is leaning toward choosing the Aegis Ashore missile-defense system over another advanced system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), government and ruling party sources have said. Faced with North Korea’s rapid missile and nuclear development, and its threats, Japan has been looking ...
Japan and India have affirmed plans to strengthen their military cooperation amid rising tension in Asia. Indian defense chief Arun Jaitley told Defense Minister Tomomi Inada in Tokyo on Monday that his country hopes to pursue a strategic partnership with Japan for regional peace ...
Japan's security policies, including its defensive posture, would "basically remain the same" if the Constitution is revised as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposed last week, claims Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
The government is thinking of buying and deploying cruise missiles in response to North Korea’s provocative missile and nuclear tests, an official has said. The government is eager to set aside funds to study the feasibility of acquiring the ability to strike enemy missile ...
A senior U.S. Defense Department official on Tuesday appears to have given Washington’s tacit approval to a Liberal Democratic Party proposal that Japan acquire the ability to launch counterstrikes at enemy bases in self-defense, former Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said. Onodera received the ...
A second Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel has joined the first-ever mission to escort a U.S. Navy ship, a move allowed under new security legislation, sources said Wednesday.
A survey finds supporters slightly outnumber opponents over whether to amend Japan’s war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution.
The government decides to speed up a feasibility study on adopting the land-based Aegis Ashore missile interceptor system to beef up its defenses.
Japan and the United States held a joint exercise involving their Aegis-equipped ships in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, amid heightened tension over North Korea. The Maritime Self-Defense Force had already conducted an exercise involving its destroyers and the U.S. nuclear-powered carrier Carl ...
