As tensions rise in the Western Pacific, Japan is reshaping its army for a fight across remote islands stretching toward China. Faced with the threat of invasion in the southwest, the Japanese Ground ...

The Philippine, US and Japanese militaries conducted joint exercises this week over the Bashi Channel that separates the ...

Philippine military says joint exercise 'underscores the sustained commitment of partner forces to enhance interoperability, reinforce maritime security, and improve Maritime Domain Awareness in the r ...

This year’s exercise takes place as Japan faces “the most severe security environment” since the end of World War II, Maj. Gen. Toshikatsu Musha, commander of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s ...

US Forces Korea conducted a large-scale air force training exercise in the West Sea’s international waters on the 18th to the 19th, mobilizing dozens of F-16 fighter jets, strategic bombers, and ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Japan's defence minister discussed defence industry cooperation and possible purchases of Turkish-made drones during a visit to Ankara on Tuesday, as Tokyo expands the role of ...

BANGKOK (AP) — China on Tuesday restricted exports to 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to Japan’s ...

TOKYO — The newest leader of U.S. Army Garrison Japan brings a healthy record of command experience, along with degrees from Michigan State and the London School of Economics. And for anyone ...

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Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most elaborate defense systems in the Pacific, which would lead to one of the costliest ...