Japan, French ministers to discuss deeper Indo-Pacific cooperation ThursdayFrance has overseas territories in the Indo-Pacific and stations armed forces in the region, where tension over Taiwan has been rising as C...
Japan, Vietnam look to space and cyber defense against ChinaJapan and Vietnam on Tuesday signed an agreement to cooperate in space defense and cybersecurity, as the two Asian nations rapidly step up ...
Japan, Germany expand military ties as German warship visitsThe frigate Bayern is visiting Tokyo after two days of joint exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Samidare in ...
Japan says suspected Chinese submarine seen near territorial watersSaturday's announcement said Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force identified the vessels in a contiguous zone, which is outside territorial ...
USA-Japan-Taiwan form trilateral to check China's territorial ambitionsThe trilateral strategic dialogue was hosted virtually by the Japan-Republic of China Diet Members' Consultative Council. Abe is an adviser...
Britain to permanently deploy two warships in Asian watersPlans for the high-profile visit by the carrier strike group come as London deepens security ties with Tokyo, which has expressed growing a...
Japan, UK to expand defence ties at sea, military technologyJapan has been seeking to expand and deepen security ties with other nations in addition to its chief ally, the United States, as China pre...
Japan sees China-Taiwan friction as threat to its securityOn April 17, Kishi visited Yonaguni, the nearest Japanese island to Taiwan and network FNN reported him as saying days later at a ruling pa...
Japan toes India line to seek EU’s presence in Indo-Pacific to counter ChinaJapan’s Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi recently urged European nations to have a stronger military involvement in the Indo-Pacific as Tokyo t...
Japan says China's military strategy unclear, of serious concernJapan said on Thursday China's military intentions are unclear and its armed forces' rapid expansion is of serious concern, circumstances t...
Japan must 'radically' speed defence build-up: Nobuo Kishi"We must increase our defence capabilities at a radically different pace than in the past," he said, citing China's military spending as we...
US Defence Secretary to travel to India along with Japan and South Korea next weekThis is for the first time that India has been included in the itinerary in the first overseas trip of a US Defence Secretary.
US' Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin set to visit Japan from March 15: SourcesBlinken and Austin are also preparing a "2 plus 2" dialogue with their Japanese counterparts, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defenc...
Japan engages Biden admin preempting Chinese aggression over Senkaku IslandTokyo has been working to maintain balance between Beijing, a top economic partner, and the U.S., its closest security ally, as Sino-Americ...
New defence secretary reaffirms US commitment to defending Senkaku islandsAustin and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi confirmed that Article 5 of the U.S.-Japan security treaty, which stipulates U.S. defence ...
India, Japan discuss free sea routesDefence minister Rajnath Singh called his newly-appointed Japanese counterpart Kishi Nobuo and expressed satisfaction at the ongoing defenc...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks to Japanese counterpart Kishi Nobuo"We expressed satisfaction at the ongoing defence cooperation between the two countries. India is committed to further elevate engagements ...