During a meeting at the Pentagon with U.S. defense secretary Lloyd Austin, Japanese minister of defense Yasukazu Hamada registered concern about cooperation between Russia and China, as well as ...

Approximately 3,100 Japanese troops and 50 aircraft will join the exercise, scheduled to run through Aug. 4, according to a ...

Japanese ballistic missile defense systems are on alert after North Korea told the Japan ... PAC-3 units on alert are comprised of units stationed at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JSGDF ...

The Japanese Self Defense Force’s senior enlisted member visited Air University, Oct. 18-19, 2022, to get a better understanding of how the Air Force develops, trains and educates its enlisted ...

The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) trained with the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in a bilateral exercise in the Philippines. Footage shows personnel performing an aerial drop during the ...

A new opinion poll conducted by the Japanese government showed that the proportion of people who think the size of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) should be expanded hit a record high of more than ...

Japanese-Maritime-Self-Defence-Force News: Survitec Snags JMSDF Submarine Escape Suit Contract, Japan Tells UN Of North Korean Tanker In STS Transfer, U.S. Navy. Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Japan’s army says it has conducted a missile test for the first time on Japanese territory as the country accelerates its ...

Japanese society has traditionally taken a dim view of tattoos, due to their long historical association with the yakuza, Japan’s organized crime syndicates. However, Liberal Democratic Party member ...

Women make up only 8.7% of the 230,000 strong Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), half the rate of the U.S. military, and only 1.6% of the ARDB, which was activated in 2018.

Japanese Self-Defense Force Black Hawk helicopter missing off Okinawa with 10 on board. Topic: Air and Space Accidents and Incidents. Thu 6 Apr 2023 Thursday 6 April 2023 Thu 6 Apr 2023 at 2:04pm.

Japanese Self-Defense Force mulls removing its ban on tattoos. May 12, 2023 06:00 am JST May 12, 2023 | 06:52 am JST 38 Comments By Casey Baseel, SoraNews24. ... a former member of Japan’s ...