Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's recent deployment of missiles on Yonaguni, an island only 110km (70 miles) away from Taiwan, comes amid rising tensions ...

The existing policy, updated in 2024 following a string of sexual assaults by US military personnel in Okinawa, includes a ban on US military personnel drinking in public off base between 1am and 5am ...

The arrest of a U.S. marine on suspicion of murdering an Okinawan woman has led to a reckoning with U.S. military presence in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Japan Ground Self Defense Force's Type 19 155 mm self-propelled howitzer fires during an annual training session near Mount Fuji ...

The Japanese army’s highest operational command will focus on remote southwestern islands near Taiwan for the first time in training that includes command-and-control drills with U.S. Marines. The ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan — The Japanese army on Wednesday began deploying its fleet of V-22 Ospreys on a newly opened permanent base in southwestern Japan, in the country’s latest move to strengthen its ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan — U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are rehearsing their disaster response techniques, a year after they flew real-world missions for victims of a deadly earthquake on Japan’s ...

Japan’s military deployed troops to the country’s mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks. The ...

The maneuvers over international waters in the Pacific last weekend prompted Japanese officials to warn China not to repeat them and risk a collision. By Hisako Ueno and John Yoon Japanese defense ...