Amid a growing Chinese naval presence, Japan is considering additional steps to protect Miyako Strait.

The Japanese military is purportedly also mulling the purchase of F-35Bs, according to sources.

Abe makes a fresh attempt to reform Japan's pacifist constitution.

Japan needs its own Goldwater-Nichols, forcing jointness upon the Self Defense Forces.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force deployed its first F-35A fighter jet this month.

The U.S. State Department approved a possible sale of U.S.-made supersonic ballistic missile interceptors to Japan.

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

The Japanese ministry of defense publicly confirmed that it will seek funds for new missiles in next year’s budget.

Japan will purportedly allocate funds to study the possibility of arming fighter jets with long-range air-to-ground missiles.

With the North Korean threat reaching unparalleled levels, Tokyo is facing difficult choices about self-defense.

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

Tokyo is considering the deployment of SM-6 interceptors at its proposed ground-based Aegis Ashore installations.

Over 2,000 U.S. Marines are joined by 1,500 Japan Self-Defense Force personnel in an annually-held joint contingency exercise.

The defense ministry is mulling a plan to significantly increase the size of its cyber warfare force.

With fewer and fewer young people to recruit, Japan's military will face staffing shortfalls.

The significance of the Japan Self-Defense Force deployment to the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.