Japan-US live fire drills are underway in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a ritual offering to controversial Yasukuni Shrine through his aide as Japan marks 72 ye...

US Osprey aircraft will join Japan's Self-Defense Forces in drills beginning Friday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump agree the priority is to prevent North Korea from launc...

Four Japanese governors ask Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a stronger response to the North Korean missile threat.

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera visits Okinawa for the first time after his reappointment to the post.

Japan's Defense Ministry allows the U.S. military to resume flights of Osprey transport planes grounded in the wake of a...

Japan's Ministry of Defense considers stationing PAC-3 anti-missile defense systems in the Shikoku and Chukoku regions t...

Japan criticizes North Korea over Pyongyang's plan to launch ballistic missiles over Japan, targeting the US Pacific ter...

Nagasaki's mayor calls for Japan's participation in the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty adopted by the UN as the city marks th...