Japan’s defensive stance to integrate hypersonic missiles into its defence strategy is aimed at maintaining military balance ...

Japan and the U.S. signed an agreement to jointly develop a new missile defense system to counter the threat of hypersonic weapons. The project, named Glide Sphere Interceptor, is set to be ...

Japan on Friday unveiled a new national security plan that signals the country’s biggest military buildup since World War II, doubling defense spending and veering from its pacifist constitution ...

The trilateral logistics agreement, signed by senior US, Australian and Japanese flag officers, aims to strengthen maritime ...

Japan announced a major shift away from its post-war defense policies, beefing up its defense spending and aiming to acquire weapons, including U.S. missiles, capable of striking other nations.

Japan has avoided doing that since the end of World War II. Its post-war constitution forbids the nation from waging war. This is a major shift for Japan, for the region and for Japan's ally, the U.S.

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the equivalent of $55.1 billion.

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 90 tank takes aims at a target during a live-fire drill at Minami Eniwa Camp in Eniwa, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Dec. 7, 2021. (Eugene ...

Under the defense strategy, Japan’s defense spending through 2027 will total some 43 trillion yen ($320 billion), 1.6-times that of the current five-year total, officials said.

Japan's Defense Ministry has asked for an unprecedented budget of 8.5 trillion yen ($59 billion) for the upcoming financial year as the nation faces growing military threats from China.

For Japan, the budget drawn up two years ago would put defense spending at about 2 percent of the country’s economic output in 2027, aligning with a target laid out by the North Atlantic Treaty ...