The following is the 2024 Defense of Japan white paper that was issued by the Ministry of Defense. From the report. The international community has entered a new era of crisis.

The Chinese fighter jets took off from one of two Chinese aircraft carriers that were operating together for the first time in the Pacific, Japan's Defense Ministry said. Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense requested a record 8.54 trillion yen, or $59 billion, for its Fiscal Year 2025 defense budget. ... Japan’s defense budget has been steadily increasing since 2012.

Japan’s Cabinet has approved the country’s largest-ever defense budget for the coming fiscal year, in keeping with its plan for defense budget increases until 2027 — 8.7 trillion yen, or ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Japan Engineer District (USACE JED) attended a technical forum held at the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, November 21st, 2024 ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry is requesting a record budget allocation for next fiscal year as it aims to ramp up its military capabilities at a time of heightened regional tensions. The ministry ...

TOKYO — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Japan on Sunday an “indispensable partner” in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the region and announced upgrading the U.S ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Defense Ministry on Friday sought a record 8.5 trillion yen ($59 billion) budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against China’s ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense plans to expand a two-year-old army base on Ishigaki Island, near Taiwan, as part of efforts to bolster defenses in the Nansei Island chain, a city official said ...

According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, the island defense missile began mass production in fiscal year 2023, which ran from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. What People Are Saying ...