In April 2026, a Murakami-class Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait. Such passages have become more frequent amid rising tensions over Taiwan since 2025.

As China-Russia military coordination intensifies around Japan, the U.S.-Japan alliance must adapt to sustained military ...

MANILA, July 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Japan joined the Philippines in maritime exercises in the South ​China Sea, as the Filipino and Chinese governments traded accusations following an encounter ...

The exercise highlights growing China-Russia naval interoperability while exposing competing interpretations of maritime law.

By Chang-Ran Kim, Hina Suzuki and John Geddie TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it had protested to China against live-fire drills in its exclusive economic zone, drawing an angry ...

Tokyo has lodged a protest after a ship from a Chinese-Russian naval flotilla staged a live-fire drill off southern Japan.

Japanese officials say they are concerned after a Chinese navy destroyer conducted live-fire drills off one of Japan’s remote islands in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.

A People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer conducted a small caliber live-fire drill on Sunday within Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone near Okinotori Island, the archipelago country’s southernmost ...