The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group concluded drills in the Philippine Sea with a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ...

The range lies adjacent to the service’s Camp Shizunai. It has the largest restricted water area available for use by the ...

A U.S. bomber’s emergency landing that shut down a shared runway and canceled commercial flights in northeastern Japan has ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said that his country and the Philippines would start talks on two proposed defense ...

Japan’s navy is one of the world’s largest and most capable. After over 70 years, it’s gaining aircraft carriers again. Yet, ...

Naval Air Facility Atsugi, an hour southwest of Tokyo, recently welcomed spring and 62,000 visitors for a daylong celebration ...

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo makes a port call at Ream Naval Base in southwestern Cambodia on April 19, 2025. (Kyodo) REAM, Cambodia (Kyodo) -- Japan Maritime Self ...

Any political move that counters Taiwan’s self-defense efforts should be curbed, lest they turn into “inner forces” that fuel China’s hostile infiltration. There are moments in history when America ...

The base is used both by the Japan Air Self Defense Force as well as U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy forces. Based aircraft include two squadrons of F-16 Fighting Falcons alongside U.S. Navy P-8A ...

During a 50-minute meeting with Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa, Trump reportedly raised the issue of defense spending ... 28,500 United States Forces Korea (USFK) troops ...

The South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command is vertically integrated, while the U.S. military’s relationship with Japan’s Self-Defense Forces is more horizontal and loose. Moreover, the USFK units ...

These include multilateral maritime events (MME), involving the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for the first time; command and control exercise (C2X); combined joint all-domain ...