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

The show marks the pacifist nation’s deepening push for overseas defence cooperation and weapons exports. Read more at ...

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 ...

Japan identified China as its chief adversary in its 2019 defense white paper, worried that Beijing’s flouting of international norms, pressure on Taiwan and rapid military modernization posed a ...

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.

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 ...

Japan will increase its defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2027 and plans to spend around $70 billion on defense in the current fiscal year, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani ...

TOKYO -- Japan is rushing to expand exports of defense equipment under arms export rules eased a year ago, agreeing to supply Patriot missiles to the U.S. and moving ahead with the development of ...

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.

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 ...