Japan isn’t allowed to have aircraft carriers—so they built them anyway. Disguised as “helicopter destroyers,” the Izumo-class ships reveal a clever workaround of constitutional limits, global ...

By bno - Taipei Office For much of the post-war era, Japan’s armed forces - officially termed the Self-Defence Forces (SDF) - ...

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday slammed Japan's 2025 defense white paper, calling it "a war scenario for realizing its ambition for reinvasion from A to Z", ...

As the prime minister is criticised over the extent of his China sightseeing, the government insists it is playing the long ...

Two Chinese Navy aircraft carriers deployed to the Pacific Ocean around Japan and other areas in June had been conducting ...

TOKYO — Japan cautioned against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity stretching from its southwestern coasts to ...

In its 2025 white paper, Japan's Defense Ministry said the world faces the most perilous security environment since World War ...