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

Japan views Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a failure of global deterrence – and a wake-up call. On Yonaguni island, just 100km from Taiwan, Adam Withnall visits a community bracing in case history re ...

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 ...

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

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'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 ...

It is also considering a framework that will allow the SDF and the Japan Coast Guard to smoothly use these facilities for training and other purposes during peacetime after discussions with local ...

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 ...

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.

In the discussions, a Chinese participant asked if there will be any shifts in Japan's policies after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The SDF members are scheduled to stay in China ...