The Polish-Finnish company ICEYE has partnered with the Japanese company IHI Corporation, which specializes in heavy industry ...

It is crackling into life. Last week’s sea trials mark a major leap for Japan’s defense ambitions. After nearly a decade of development, the electromagnetic railgun — a weapon that fires ...

A memorandum of understanding between the two companies was signed at DSEI Japan, the biannual defense event taking place ...

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force take a rest during the field exercise "Vigilant Isles 22" at Soumagahara Maneuvering Ground on Nov. 26, 2022, in Shinto Village, Gunma, Japan.

The Trump administration should encourage Japan to take more a lead in its own defense against China. Although President Donald Trump has put his “reciprocal” tariffs on hold for three months ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in ... that are "key to deterring the invasion of Japan." "The preemptive strike ambitions of Japanese reactionaries, which pose ...

He says this issue impacts every sector: the economy, education, housing, national defense and the culture of Japan. "There are less and less number of a young generation," Kono said. "And all the ...

Even for Self-Defense Force, last year. we recruited only half of what we need. Jon Wertheim: The Japanese military? Taro Kono: Uh-huh. You feel it. Declining population is hardly unique to Japan.

TOKYO — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Japan on Sunday an "indispensable partner" in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the region and announced upgrading the U.S. military ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Sunday a plan to upgrade the U.S. military command in Japan, a country he described as indispensable in combating Chinese aggression. "We share a ...

The growth of Japan’s GDP may sound like good news for the country, but it also means it will have to pay more to reach its target to spend 2% of GDP on defense, adding to the woes of a nation ...