A Japanese guided missile destroyer and its crew are in the Philippines for a four-day goodwill visit, further boosting the ...

Guam recently hosted U.S., Japanese, Indian, Australian and South Korean navies for multilateral exercises, including ...

THE Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Harusame (DD-102), is now at the Naval Operating Base Subic in ...

Japan’s constitution bans offensive weapons, yet the nation now operates two ships that look—and act—like aircraft carriers.

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Following the recent official trip of the Philippine Fleet (PF) delegation to Yokosuka, Japan, a Japan ...

MANILA – Filipino and Japanese naval and air units carried out their third bilateral maritime cooperative activity (MCA) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Nov. 29, the Armed Forces of the ...

Japan approved 847.2 billion yen ($5.4 billion) defense spending in the fiscal 2025 supplementary budget amid growing ...

Countries around the world often utilize military weapons not manufactured within their own borders. The same is true of Japan, a U.S. ally, which is currently upgrading its eight Aegis destroyers ...

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific strategic capability against ballistic missile threats. The U.S. State Department ...

TOKYO – The next time Chinese sailors lock radar onto a Japanese warship, they may discover they’re aiming at a woman. The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) this week appointed female ...