Japan scrambled fighter jets to respond to Russian bombers, fighters and a surveillance plane at least four times this week ...

Ms Takaichi, a hawkish conservative, took office in October after winning an internal contest to lead the ruling Liberal ...

From China and the US to India and Russia, here are the 25 largest militaries in the world, ranked by the number of active-duty armed forces.

Church leaders in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Papua have criticized the ‘excessive military’ presence in the region, terming it a flawed state policy to counter insurgency ...

The move by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help her governing party regain ...

As part of its force stationed in Japan, the Pentagon has deployed F-35B and F-35C jets, capable of operating from ships, at ...

Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met in Washington on January 15 to ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister; but his case divided Japan.

U.S. Marines on a deployment to Okinawa spent more than a month in South Korea rehearsing urban warfare, working with drones ...

TOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japan called China's ban on dual-use exports for its military "absolutely unacceptable" on Wednesday, amid a looming threat of broader curbs on vital rare earths in an ...

China on Tuesday banned exports of goods that could be used for military purposes to Japan, a move that escalates tensions between Beijing and a key U.S. ally as disputes intensify over Taiwan. The ...

This chart compares the annual military spending in a selection of Asian countries/territories, 2020-2024 (in billion U.S. dollars, constant 2023 prices).