A fundamental change came in December 2022 when former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government adopted a security strategy stating the need for Japan to acquire strike-back capability with long-range missiles, a major break from Japan’s self-defense-only policy.

Japan is barreling forward with efforts to significantly boost its military capabilities to stand up to China's growing threats by doubling annual arms spending. The goal comes as Tokyo's main ally, the United States,

Also part of the equation this week: China's visible pivot to another regional neighbor, South Korea, whose president spent four days in Beijing. Seoul has a bumpy history of its own with Japanese aggression and also sporadic — though generally less intense — friction with Beijing, a longtime supporter and ally of its rival North Korea.

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo escalates, some residents are worried.

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the last country of the Axis powers that continued its war, and as such with its surrender the Second World War came to an end.

Two Japanese soldiers died this week of lightning strikes during training in western Japan, a spokesman said Thursday. Sgt. Kento Tanitsu, 25, and Sgt. Ayu Kubota, 21, of the Western Army Tank Unit, were found in cardiac arrest at 12:06 a.m. Monday at the ...

Rabaul and the Psychological Collapse of Japanese Soldiers in World War II examines the devastating impact of the American island-hopping strategy on the Japanese garrison at Rabaul. Cut off from reinforcements and abandoned by their commanders,

TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not life-threatening, officials said Monday. The four soldiers ...

ZAMA, Japan - Soldiers from the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade participated in an English Challenge Day at Higashi Junior High School on March 14, helping local Japanese students practice their English language skills. The event featured tables where ...

China opened an anti-dumping probe into dichlorosilane imports from Japan, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce. The case was triggered by an application filed by Tangshan Sanfu Electronic Materials Co.