Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defence budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen (€48.82mn) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defence with cruise ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged on Friday to accelerate a defence spending target by two years, as her government pursues proactive fiscal expansion on strategic priorities. In her ...

The Philippines and Japan have deepened security ties by signing new defence deals in the midst of rising regional tensions, ...

We talk about America first, yes, but it doesn’t mean America alone,’ Pentagon chief Hegseth tells Japanese Defence Minister ...

TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Japan is considering using the purchase of U.S. defence equipment as a bargaining chip in tariff talks, its top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa said on Thursday as he heads ...

Beijing's actions are "not conducive to regional peace", Japan's defence minister and US counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed during a call after Chinese aircraft locked radar on Japanese jets near Taiwan, ...

Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has started prototyping components in support of its programme to ...