Before the two powers clashed in World War II, a strategic alliance allowed Tokyo’s military to map British India.

Japan’s long-dormant defense industry is finally waking up. Constrained by a constitution imposed by the Allied military occupation after World War II, Japan has for decades adhered to a pacifist ...

Japan has earned rising acclaim from U.S. observers as a middle power that complements, rather than threatens, the United States. Yet Japan is not deepening its ties with Washington out of charity.

Faced with growing concerns over Russia, China and uncertainty about America's long-term security commitments, Germany and Japan are rapidly expanding their defence capabilities and strengthening ties ...

On May 28, 1905, I am gazing at the Korea Strait shrouded in gunpowder smoke. The naval battle that erupted yesterday afternoon has ended. A complete victory for the Japanese fleet commanded by ...

History may remember Takaichi Sanae not as the leader who simply accelerated Japanese rearmament, but as one who governed ...

June 15 (Asia Today) --Germany and Japan are moving away from military restraints maintained for more than 80 years since their defeat in World War II as doubts about U.S. security commitments and ...

Tokyo's approach combines security, economic and diplomatic tools to show regional nations an alternative to the China-US ...

After becoming allies to disastrous effect in the 1940s, Berlin and Tokyo are finding new reasons to team up — including rebuilding their militaries. Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan’s defense minister, and ...

A potential gap that China’s carrier strike groups ‘need to address is the limited number of stealth fighters’, former PLA ...

For most people in Africa, Japan is synonymous with cutting-edge technology, economic prowess and social harmony. But in East Asia, which bears deep historical wounds inflicted by Japan, the country's ...

TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters) - Japan's relaxation of its weapons-export rules opens a path for talks that could one day lead to Tokyo supplying military equipment to help Ukraine resist Russia's invasion, ...