The enhancement of the Type 12 anti-ship missile is part of Japan's ongoing efforts to bolster the defense of its outlying islands.

Japan's Defense Ministry has decided to deploy long-range anti-ship missiles, which will be part of the country's counterstrike capabilities, to a Ground Self-Defense Force camp in Kumamoto Prefecture ...

Japan is also developing Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles with a range of about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), 10 times that of a Type 88.

Also participating in Yama Sakura are soldiers from U.S. Army Japan, Hawaii’s 25th Infantry Division, Washington State’s I ...

TOKYO — Japan’s army announced Tuesday that it conducted a missile test for the first time on Japanese territory, as the country accelerates its military buildup to deter increasingly ...

Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 ...

Russia's Pacific Fleet launched cruise and anti-ship missiles during drills in the Sea of Japan that also involved aircraft ...

The Russian Navy carried out a powerful military exercise in the Sea of Japan that highlighted its long-range strike ...

The newly-tested air-defense missiles "are very suitable for destroying various aerial targets," North Korean state media ...

TOKYO — Japan's military test-fired a missile on Japanese territory for the first time Tuesday, as the country accelerates its military buildup to deter China. The Type 88 surface-to-ship, short ...