The foreign and defense chiefs of the U.S. and Japan reaffirm their commitment to the bilateral alliance and agree to work together closely in facing North Korea.
A U.S. MV-22 Osprey took part Friday in a joint exercise in Hokkaido between the Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps. The tilt-rotor transport aircraft joined the exercise amid local opposition spurred by the central government's decision to retract its request for the ...
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera seeks to persuade the Okinawa Prefectural Government to permit Osprey flights despite strong local concern about the aircraft’s safety.
The U.S. Marine Corps may ground its fleet of Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft as well as other planes to conduct a safety review following a crash in Australia that killed three Marines, a defense official said Monday. The Japan-based Marine MV-22 Osprey crashed Saturday during an ...
Courting controversy, Japan’s new defense chief says the ability to strike North Korean missile bases might be pursued by the Self-Defense Forces.
New Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera vowed Thursday to restore public trust in his ministry following a data coverup scandal and said one of his main tasks is to review Japan's defense program guidelines last made in 2013 amid the growing North Korean missile threat. "We ...
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 response ...
A former Japanese defense minister on Wednesday warned China against attempting to rewrite history, in reference to promotional materials for a newly released Chinese film about World War II. The posters have drawn scorn even within China for gross inaccuracy. Speaking at a think tank ...
The government on Tuesday expressed "strong concern" about the planned sale of French helicopter carriers to Russia, joining some EU countries in opposing the deal as the West believes Russia has failed to meet international demands to end violence in Ukraine. President Francois Hollande has ...
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera plans to tell his French counterpart that Japan has strong concerns about France's plan to sell two helicopter carriers to Russia, according to a Japanese government source. In a move meant to show support for its ally, the United States, Onodera ...
The Cabinet's decision to lift the ban on collective defense will be reflected when Tokyo and Washington revise their defense cooperation guidelines later this year.
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Friday that North Korea's latest short-range missile launch will not prevent the two countries from holding talks next week on the abduction issue. "I don't think there is a particular link between them," Onodera told a news conference when asked ...
