Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged Sunday to improve the treatment and working conditions of Self-Defense Forces ...

A new report into Japan’s military has found what it says ... Many said they felt the SDF’s counselors and offices were reluctant to take up their cases, and the environment made them feel ...

The SDF began building camps soon after Okinawa reverted to Japanese sovereignty on May 15, 1972. SDF bases occupied about 783 hectares of land as of March 2022, representing a 4.7-fold increase ...

Japan views Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a failure of global deterrence – and a wake-up call. On Yonaguni island, just ...

T-4 training aircraft recently crashed into a large reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, about two minutes af･･･ ...

Japan's falling birth rate, however, means it is struggling more than ever to maintain current SDF troop levels at 250,000 people. "As we increase our defensive strength, we need to build an ...

Japan’s SDF said on Wednesday that an 18-year-old trainee opened fire at his colleagues, killing two and wounding one during a training drill in Gifu Prefecture. The SDF members were taken to a ...

Military vessels from Japan and other countries sail in Sagami Bay during the International Fleet Review, held by Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force. STR/JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images Japan’s ...

Japan plans to upgrade five civilian airports ... was earmarked to extend runways and improve berths to accommodate SDF and JCG aircraft and vessels. In ordinary times, the SDF and JCG are ...

Jan. 8 (UPI) --Japan's First Airborne Brigade opened the public up to a parachute drill in the Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo on Sunday as the country continues to shed its post-World War pacifism.