US deployment of the Typhon missile system to southern Japan could directly threaten China’s coastal cities and block crucial naval routes to the Pacific, a Chinese analyst has warned. The Typhon ...

The U.S. and Japan will hold two exercises in Japan in late June, Resolute Dragon 26 and the Japan segment of Valiant Shield 2026, according to releases by the Japanese military on Friday. Valiant ...

This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no convenience store. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and ...

The following is a summary of major ship movements and exercises in the Western Pacific over the last week. Western Pacific ...

As part of a June exercise between the GSDF and the U.S. Marine Corps, the two are considering a plan to airlift a mock ...

Drill marks first time JGSDF V-22 Osprey will operate from Miyako Island, 360 km from Taiwan | May. 22, 2026 15:50 ...

An Osprey transport aircraft of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force is expected to use a U.S. military base in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa for the first time in an upcoming exercise ...

Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has for the first time detected a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Jiangkai III (Type 054B)-class frigate operating ...

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier on Tuesday kicked off training that will include live-fire drills in the western Pacific, a ...

Japan and the US are holding joint drills across Okinawa's Miyako, Ishigaki and Yonaguni islands, the closest part of Japan ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s highest operational command this week launched its first joint military drills with US ...

The Ground Self-Defense Force began joint training exercises on three of the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday.