Japanese governments have proposed policies to reverse this trend, but they have so far had little success. Thirty percent of ...

The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South ...

North Korea on Wednesday denounced Japan's launch of a new military command aimed at better integrating its self-defense ...

Japan’s launch of a permanent Joint Operations Command clearly signals a stronger offensive capacity and deeper defence ties ...

Japan put the branches of its military under a single operational command, taking a step the US, China and other nations have ...

President Trump has complained the U.S.-Japan defense partnership is one-sided, but with China throwing its weight around, ...

Japan activated its Japan Self-Defense Force Joint Operations Command (JJOC) Monday, allowing its military to better conduct ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...

The head of U.S. Forces Japan, Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost, speaks during the Joint Operations Command activation ...

Japan unveiled a plan on Thursday to evacuate around 120,000 residents and tourists from its southern islets near the Taiwan ...

Japan, despite an officially pacifist Constitution written when memories of its World War II rampage were still fresh--and painful--boasts a military that puts all but a few nations to shame.

ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea — The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to ...