Japan’s population is so old, and shrinking so quickly, that it may not be able to field and fund an adequate defense force to meet growing alliance demands in an increasingly volatile world. The size ...

Japan’s constitution forbids a traditional military, allowing only a narrowly defined Self Defense Force, or SDF. Some experts now see acceleration in the longstanding movement to modernize and ...

Given his post as chief of staff of the joint staff, he was a top-ranking official in the Japanese military. Tomita was a retired major general and Nemoto was a lieutenant general. A crowd of over 200 ...

In an official apology issued by the U.S. government decades later, the federal government admitted the reason for the camps ...

Japan, despite an officially pacifist Constitution written when memories of its World War II rampage were still fresh--and painful--boasts a military that puts all but a few nations to shame.

New Delhi: In the last few weeks, India and Japan have intensified military-diplomatic engagements, with 7th Army-to-Army Staff Talks taking place in Delhi even as Exercise Dharma Guardian is underway ...

Takamatsu runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge - parts of the skulls, he says, of an infant ...

An Antiques Roadshow guest was floored by the value of an old I.D. photo of an iconic actress, which was found in her ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense plans to expand a two-year-old army base on Ishigaki Island, near Taiwan, as part of efforts to bolster defenses in the Nansei Island chain, a city official said ...

Documents from the UK National Archives reveal the frantic efforts of the commander-in-chief, General Claude Auchinleck, who ...

Brigadier General Joseph “Clete” Goetz, Commander of the Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (POD USACE), is currently visiting Japan, emphasizing the ongoing partnership ...

Myanmar nationals who live in Japan collected donations on Sunday to help people affected by the earthquake that struck central Myanmar.