Japan’s picked a new $1.2 billion radar for its two ground-based Aegis ballistic missile defense sites.

The price for two Aegis Ashore batteries could exceed $5.4 billion -- over twice the amount initially cited by the Japanese government.

Tokyo has selected Lockheed Martin’s most advanced long-range radar system for its two Aegis Ashore batteries.

A dubious Russian assumption is behind Moscow's opposition to the missile defense system.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet approved the procurement of two Aegis Ashore batteries.

Japan’s defense minister is slated to visit a testing site of the Aegis Ashore missile defense system in January.