As Japan's neighbors bolster their missile capabilities, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara stresses the need to enhance deterrence against potential threats.
The foreign and defense ministers in the new Kishida cabinet bring impressive, unexpected strengths to their jobs, marking them as two key members to watch.
In a significant reshuffle of the Kishida Cabinet, the Prime Minister appoints 11 new ministers including five women out of a total of 19 posts.
Faced with North Korea's rapid missile development, "We will consider all defense options, including the so-called counterstrike capability," he says.
A “unilateral change of the status quo by force must never be allowed in the Indo-Pacific, especially in East Asia” ー PM Fumio Kishida.
On September 15, North Korea launched a new type of variable trajectory ballistic missiles. In the debate about how Japan is to defend itself from such...
~~ ~Tokyo increases in shipbuilding and introduces an alternate crew system amid the Chinese Navy’s rapid expansion of maritime capability~ Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense...
The October 8, 2020 meeting between Japan’s Defense Minister, Nobuo Kishi, and the Commander of U.S. Forces (Japan), Lt Gen Kevin Schneider, centered on...
Minamitorishima, the easternmost tip of Japan, floats in the Pacific Ocean about 1800 kilometers away from the main island of Honshu. The small island,...
Late on the evening of Tuesday, June 30, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress unanimously passed and promulgated a draconian national security...
