Shared concerns over China have drawn Manila and Tokyo together. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Japan’s prime minister has inaugurated a panel tasked with reviewing her country’s security and defense policies as tensions ...

The Japanese army’s highest operational command will focus on remote southwestern islands near Taiwan for the first time in ...

Japanese citizens have historically derided hawkish politicians and defense firms as “merchants of death.” These constraints on defense production have taken their toll. Japan is almost entirely ...

After suffering devastating defeats across the Solomon Islands, the Marshalls, and the Marianas, the Japanese military radically changed its defensive doctrine. Instead of attempting to stop Allied ...

The 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, departs an UH-Y Venom at Marine Corps Base Camp Schwab on Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 6, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Kelsey ...

Marines train at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, (Lance Cpl. Rodney Frye/U.S. Marines) The U.S. Marines conducted a landmark training exercise which saw them fire the High Mobility ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Marine died and another was rescued while hiking in northern Japan last week, officials confirmed. Shown here, Marines with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 lands at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, on ...

SASEBO/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that ...