Tokyo's reported plans to upgrade counterstrike missiles on strategic Kyushu by next year are not expected to derail ...

"Thus, Japan's missiles are for limited counterstrike purposes only after North Korea or China uses their missiles for offensive strikes against Japan," Sato said. Heath said the Type-12 surface ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described Japan on Sunday as indispensable for tackling Chinese aggression and said ...

The Chinese military has dispatched its naval fleet to stage shows of force in the region, including in daily operations ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a plan to upgrade the U.S. military command in Japan, an "indispensable" ...

The flight test was held at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 19, fired from a High Mobility Artillery ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Japan is an ‘indispensable partner’ against Beijing in the Asia Pacific.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called Japan an “indispensable partner” in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in ...

“Thus, Japan’s missiles are for limited counterstrike purposes only after North Korea or China uses their missiles for offensive strikes against Japan,” Sato said. Timothy Heath, a senior ...

A Japanese missile deployment on Kyushu could annoy China and North Korea, but it would be unlikely to derail improvements in relations between Tokyo and Beijing, according to analysts. Citing ...