Japan has designated 14 airports and 26 seaports for use by its military and coast guard during a contingency.

On Thursday, 18 pieces of ordnance believed to date to WWII were detonated on land at Kubasu Beach on Miyakojima, an island ...

Japan's army test-fires a Type 88 surface-to-ship short-range missile at the Shizunai Anti-Air Firing Range on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido in its first missile test on Japanese territory ...

Japan plays a key role in containing China under the U.S. island chain strategy, which conceives three north-south defensive ...

Japan’s army is planning a long-range missile drill next month — the first within its borders — as the country continues to beef up its military to counter regional rival China. The Ground ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — 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 ...

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday the Self-Defense Forces plans to offer logistical help to local authorities to ...

A hand grenade was discovered at a demolition site in this southwestern Japan city on Oct. 28, triggering traffic ...

Japan formally activated on Sunday a new joint maritime transport unit geared towards improving troop deployment capabilities in Japan’s southwest islands. The Maritime Transport Group of the Japan ...

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing; V-22 Ospreys with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; and a U.S.

CAMP ITAMI, Japan – Trilateral forces, The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), 1st (Australian) Division (1 (AS) Div), and U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) service members held a Combined Arms ...

BATARAJA, Indonesia — Paratroopers from U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Group, 11th Airborne Division, Tentara Nasional Indonesia and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force jumped into the Bintang drop zone ...