The number of people in the labor force in Japan who are 15 and older reached an all-time high for the second year in a row, ...

The Japanese air force is transforming up to half of its 201 Boeing F-15J air-superiority fighters into deep-striking fighter-bombers. For the defensively-oriented Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the ...

Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has prompted the creation of a new task force, as competition for votes heats up ...

The Japanese government is considering dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to the Hormuz Strait in anticipation of a ...

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has traveled to the Philippines to witness an international combat drill and ...

Recently, a newly released emblem by the 1st Division of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Infantry Regiment has ...

Japan has deployed its domestically produced Type-12 long-range surface-to-ship missiles near the East China Sea, a move analysts say could be interpreted by Beijing as crossing a “strategic threshold ...

Old is gold, as the saying goes, and that seems to apply to Japan's decommissioned destroyers, too, as other nations are now ...

Japan is making bold moves to change its anti-war culture. That’s not by choice. It’s out of necessity. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is enhancing its size and capabilities because Tokyo ...