US Japan base negotiations ahead of the 2026 cost-sharing deadline will shape force posture, Okinawa realignment, and daily ...

During World War II, Japan’s fleet was large and qualitatively peerless, but unsupported by a broader defense-industrial base. The United States finds itself in the same position today.

As victory in Europe was secured in May 1945, the war in the Pacific raged on with undiminished ferocity. Facing Japan’s refusal to surrender and the horrifying projections of Operation Downfall, ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

Japanese survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings say the expiry of the New START Treaty risks a new nuclear arms ...

Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have reached heights unseen since the end of the Cold War.

By Makiko Yamazaki and Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japan's top monetary officials are leveraging rare U.S. backing in their fight against the weak yen, using tactical silence and calibrated ...

The end of the pact could unleash a new arms race between the world’s top nuclear powers. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...