The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will launch its Indo-Pacific Deployment on April 21. A total of five ships forming four ...

Japan carried out a total of 704 fighter aircraft scrambles from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, an increase from 669 in ...

Japan launched its new Joint Operations Command on Monday to better integrate all three branches of its Self-Defense Forces.

The Maritime Staff Office told The Asahi Shimbun that officer ... Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, is located in that district. It has often been at the center of an ongoing ...

Japan argues that whaling is part of its history and culture. A rigid insistence on maritime sovereignty offers a more convincing explanation for Tokyo’s stance. The new ship, an ultra-large ...

Japan's Defense Ministry has ... when the Joint Staff Office was established to control the SDF's ground, maritime and air branches. Previously, the Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff, who heads ...

According to the MSDF’s Maritime Staff Office, crew members of MSDF vessels ... Its curry recipe has become so popular around Japan that it is served in restaurants near SDF facilities and ...

Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense Forces, on Wednesday highlighted the complex maritime threats in the Indo-Pacific region, emphasizing the need to protect the waters. Speaking at the Raisina ...

A Kawasaki P-1 patrol aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force launches anti-missile flares during a fleet review off Sagami Bay, Kanagawa prefecture, in 2015. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty ...

General Yoshihide Yoshida, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, Japan Self-Defense Forces, on Wednesday highlighted the complex maritime threats in the Indo-Pacific region, emphasizing the need to protect ...