defense
June 05, 2013
The top military commanders of South Korea and China agreed in Beijing on June 4 to strengthen cooperation under an arrangement likely to upset North Korea and possibly provoke ...
June 02, 2013
SINGAPORE--Although Japan tried to dispel concerns that Tokyo is tilting toward the right under the Abe administration, labeling them “a total misperception” at a regional...
May 18, 2013
The United States and Japan have reduced the alert levels for their destroyers in a further sign that the military threat from North Korea is ebbing away.
May 14, 2013
A foreign submarine was detected on May 12 plying the depths in a contiguous zone outside Japan's territorial waters south of Kumejima island in Okinawa Prefecture, the Defense ...
May 08, 2013
WASHINGTON—Beijing’s “improperly” drawn baselines aimed at strengthening its sovereignty claims over waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands are part of a series of...
April 27, 2013
Japanese and Chinese defense officials met April 26 to discuss ways to smooth communications between the two countries in the event of an emergency triggered by a confrontation ...
April 26, 2013
The military chiefs of Japan and the United States on April 26 reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate closely on defense measures in order to deal with threats of missile and ...
April 24, 2013
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has drawn up a draft proposal for new National Defense Program Guidelines that would greatly expand the role and capabilities of Japan's...
April 17, 2013
China in its latest defense white paper accused Japan of whipping up trouble over the disputed Senkaku Islands, prompting Japan to lodge a strong protest.
April 14, 2013
WASHINGTON--The United States is fully prepared to defend Japan and South Korea in response to a possible missile launch by North Korea, Ashton Carter, U.S. deputy secretary of ...
March 06, 2013
BEIJING--Even in the infancy of his reign, Chinese leader Xi Jinping betrayed concerns that a rift between the military and the Communist Party could compromise his government.
March 06, 2013
The government has called for greater "transparency" by China over its military amid word that Beijing's budgeted spending on defense will rise by almost 11 percent this year.
March 05, 2013
BEIJING--China's government promised its people on March 5 deficit-fueled spending to fight deep-seated corruption, improve the despoiled environment and address other...
March 01, 2013
Japan on March 1 further relaxed a self-imposed ban on weapons exports by approving the dispatch of locally made components for the U.S.-built F-35 stealth fighter jet, despite ...
February 25, 2013
Tokyo and Washington decided Feb. 24 to deploy a U.S. early-warning X-band radar system at a coastal base in Kyoto Prefecture to respond to missile launches by North Korea,...
February 18, 2013
On the instructions of the Abe Cabinet, a panel of experts has started discussing a proposal to establish the headquarters for Japan’s policy efforts to deal with diplomatic...
February 09, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Feb. 8 took a step toward his long-cherished goal of allowing Japan to exercise its right to collective self-defense.
February 08, 2013
Chinese maritime surveillance vessels made apparent preparations last year to deploy helicopters inside Japanese territorial waters, which would have directly challenged...
February 07, 2013
Japan's defense minister has said actions by a Chinese frigate that aimed a weapons-guiding radar at a Japanese warship in the East China Sea last week "likely constituted" a...
February 07, 2013
The global standard of thinking is that locking a fire-control radar on a target is tantamount to a "simulated attack," a senior Defense Ministry official said.