Japan activates its equivalent of a marine unit for the first time since World War II.

Interest in the radar is spurred by increasing Chinese military activity in the western Pacific Ocean.

The ARDB represents one of the most significant post-war reforms to the GSDF.

Blueprints reveal that Japan's latest class of helicopter destroyers has been designed to operate the F-35B.

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

Recent Japanese Ministry of Defense leaks are suggestive of plans to convert these so-called helicopter destroyers.

Japan anticipates the operationalization of a space-based X-band military communication satellite network.

Little will change (for now).

Japan's Upper House has passed a package of laws allowing the country's military to venture abroad in defense of allies.

The U.S. and Japan finalized a new set of defense guidelines envisioning a more global role for their alliance.

Japanese lawmakers in the ruling coalition are debating the merits of allowing greater weapons use by the Japanese military.

What the recent changes to Japanese defense mean in the context of a return to “normalcy.”

While China’s growing naval power grabs headlines, Japan’s evolving navy might just be the real story.

Japan announces plans to deploy PAC-3 missiles in response to North Korea’s planned “satellite” launch.

The attack on Pearl Harbor could have been even worse for the United States. Why did Japan hold back?

Tokyo seems poised to spend billions developing the country’s first homegrown stealth warplane. But is the Shinshin really meant for military service?