Japan is set to ease its strict arms export rules. This move is attracting significant interest from countries like Poland and the Philippi...

President Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House. Trump requested increased support from Japan regarding ...

President Trump seeks Japan's support for the war on Iran. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a difficult choice. She must balance US dema...

President Trump's call for allies to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz challenges Japan's pacifist constitution. Prime Minist...

A senior Japanese policy adviser said Sunday the threshold is "extremely high" for Tokyo to send its warships to help protect a shipping la...

Japan's Cabinet approved selling future fighter jets to other countries, marking a shift from its pacifist principles. The decision aims to...

Japan's Cabinet approved the sale of future fighter jets, developed with the UK and Italy, to other nations, marking a shift from postwar p...

Earlier this month, the defence minister said Japan has set aside 211.3 billion yen ($1.5 billion) to buy the missiles in the coming fiscal...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government worries that Russia has set a precedent that will encourage China to attack Taiwan, threatening n...

The two countries are close to concluding a Reciprocal Access Agreement, a legal framework to allow their troops to visit each other's coun...

Giving long-range munitions to Japan's Self Defence Forces is a controversial issue for a country that renounced the right to wage war afte...

Abe on Monday called for boosting the country’s defenses in the face of North Korean threats, warning that Tokyo needs to be able to protec...

Delhi hopes that Japan would be able to expand defence partnership with India as Tokyo strives to modify its pacifist approach to internati...

Wang Yi said China will "play its due role as a host to all guests", when answering a question on the possibility of a China-Japan leaders'...

The agreement could be formally signed at the Annual Summit meeting between Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe next week.

Shinzo Abe set out his case Thursday for beefing up pacifist Japan's rules of engagement, saying he wants the armed forces to be able to en...

Japan said it was ending an air mission in Iraq, wrapping up a military deployment which was historic for the pacifist nation but deeply un...