defense
January 30, 2013
Japan has become so intent on protecting the Senkaku Islands and laying claim to other disputed territories that it is even using official development assistance to strengthen...
January 22, 2013
Natsuo Yamaguchi, the leader of junior coalition partner New Komeito, suggested shelving Japan’s dispute with China over the Senkaku Islands, a remark that runs counter to...
December 20, 2012
A new survey of Chinese security policy has reported increased cooperation between surveillance units of the People's Liberation Army and civilian government agencies with the...
December 15, 2012
BEIJING--Chinese news media on Dec. 14 gleefully reported the Chinese government aircraft’s intrusion into Japanese airspace over the Senkaku Islands and denounced Japan’s...
November 11, 2012
The governments of Japan and the United States have agreed to consider revising their bilateral defense cooperation guidelines, mainly to deal with a resurgent China, and...
October 08, 2012
SINGAPORE--Indonesia is buying submarines from South Korea and coastal radar systems from China and the United States. Vietnam is getting submarines and combat jets from Russia,...
September 19, 2012
BEIJING--China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping held on Sept. 19 his first talks with a foreign official since vanishing from the public eye nearly two weeks ago, telling U.S....
August 23, 2012
A buzz of rotors from the mountainside heralded the appearance of a fleet of four Z-9WZ helicopters, state-of-the-art Chinese military aircraft.
August 01, 2012
Okinawa serves as a vital bulwark against China as the giant neighbor presses territorial claims and flexes its military muscle in waters around Japan, according to this year's ...
July 31, 2012
The Defense Ministry's white paper for 2012 bluntly stated Japan's strong reservations about China's mounting arms buildup and growing naval presence in the Pacific Ocean.
July 27, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda indicated that Japan may resort to using military force to defend its territory, including the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
July 20, 2012
Osprey transport aircraft were involved in 58 “mishaps” between 2006 and 2011, U.S. military documents showed, as debate over their deployment to Japan intensified,...
July 19, 2012
Despite persistent protests in Japan, Washington has notified Tokyo that 12 MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft will arrive at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in...
June 27, 2012
Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, trying to quell an uproar over U.S. plans to deploy Osprey transport aircraft in Japan, said at least one of the two recent crashes overseas...
June 21, 2012
Supporters of an amendment quietly slipped into Japan’s nuclear power law saying it should contribute to "national security" are denying it could provide cover for military...
May 31, 2012
Many parents brought their children along, wearing backpacks, and everyone looked happy, as if entering an amusement park.
May 11, 2012
Tokyo and Washington have decided to assign 12 MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to a U.S. military facility in Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, in mid-July, sources said,...
May 08, 2012
WASHINGTON -- The United States and China both have advanced cyber warfare capabilities and must work to avoid miscalculations that could lead to conflict, Defense Secretary...
April 25, 2012
Tokyo will cover construction costs of U.S. military facilities outside Japan if the Self-Defense Forces can use them, and will provide weapons to neighboring countries under...
April 21, 2012
SEOUL--With Pyongyang flexing its muscle, South Korea and Japan have agreed to share military intelligence, sources said.