As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of ...

Japan has ordered more Joint Strike Missiles for its F-35A fighter jets under a new contract announced on December 19, 2025.

Tokyo and Manila have reportedly held informal talks on a possible export of the Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile system. The same unit is also slated for deployment on a Japanese island ...

The image show a live-fire test of the upgraded Type 12 Surface-to-Ship missile conducted between October and November 2020 in California. The Japanese ...

A Japanese missile deployment on Kyushu could annoy China and North Korea, but it would be unlikely to derail improvements in relations between Tokyo and Beijing, according to analysts. Citing ...

The U.S. also transported the NMESIS (Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System) to the Batanes, a northern Philippine province in the Bashi Channel—a chokepoint between the Philippines and ...

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-range ...

The buildup comes as Beijing steps up pressure on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over her recent remarks suggesting Japan ...

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 ...

Japan just cancelled its new rocket launch moments before lift-off that was due on Wednesday, December 17, 2025- due to some ...