World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often ...

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), leading South Korean and U.S. foreign and security think tanks, stated on the 26th, “Efforts to ...

While most Japanese lawmakers support revising the constitution, they are more divided on what, exactly, needs to change.

CHINA and Japan have a long history of feuding. Four years passed between the arrest of a drunken Chinese fishing captain that sent relations into a tailspin in 2010 and the beginning of the ...

Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most elaborate defense systems in the Pacific, which would lead to one of the costliest ...

The plan to deploy missiles to an island near Taiwan comes as China continues to ramp up military pressure against the island.

Sanae Takaichi’s political rise presages a stronger Japan that could reshape the strategic balance in Asia and help deter Chinese aggression.

Yonaguni, located on the outskirts of Okinawa Prefecture, is one of Japan’s Westernmost islands. The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force set up a coastal observation unit on Yonaguni in 2016, and the ...

Japanese defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the surface-to-air systems – designed to intercept aircraft and ballistic missiles – will be deployed to Yonaguni island, located about 110km (68 miles) ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken his purge of the country’s military to the very top, targeting his own highest-ranked ...

China on Tuesday restricted exports to 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to Japan’s “remilitarization,” in the ...

The prime minister’s latest comments suggest a dual-track strategy: strengthening Japan’s conventional capabilities and defense industry while drawing a firm line against nuclear weapons.