An SDF C-130 transport aircraft delivered 2.5 tons of emergency supplies to a Japanese medical team in Myanmar after arriving ...

An SDF C-130 transport aircraft delivered 2.5 tons of emergency supplies to a Japanese medical team in Myanmar after arriving in an airport in Mandalay on April 9. The plane has since stayed in ...

As a key selling point, the Maritime Self-Defense Force's new destroyer Kumano can do more with less, at a time when naval ...

North Korea on Sunday criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for making a ritual offering to a controversial war ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Air Self-Defense Force scrambled jets 704 times in fiscal 2024 for foreign aircraft, the Ministry of Defense said Thursday, with the figure rising as China steps up drone and ...

In the spring of 2009, Japan's defense minister implemented these new rules of engagement by giving the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) commander final discretion to respond to the North Korean missile ...

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 ...

A C-130 transport aircraft with about 20 crew members and 2.5 tons of medical goods is set to depart an SDF base in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan for Myanmar on Tuesday, Nakatani told reporters in ...

Japan's Self-Defense Forces have held a ceremony ... Nakatani stressed the need to enhance rapid deployment capabilities so that SDF members and equipment can be swiftly and continuously ...