The US is planning to open a Space Force command post in Japan as it's looking to increase its space capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region as part of the buildup aimed at China. Last year, the US established Space Force command posts in Hawaii and South Korea, which...
China on Monday hit back at the US, South Korea, and Japan after the leaders of the three nations accused Beijing of "dangerous and aggressive" behavior in the South China Sea. The accusation was made in a joint statement issued by President Biden, Japanese Prime...
The US, Japan, and South Korea on Friday announced a series of steps to boost their trilateral military alliance as the leaders of the three nations met at the presidential retreat at Camp David. The effort to reconcile ties between Tokyo and Seoul and boost military...
A new US-backed military pact between Japan and Australia came into effect on Sunday that makes it easier for the two nations to deploy troops to each other's territory, a type of cooperation the Pentagon has called "game-changing." The Recipricol Forces Agreement...
President Biden will spend his first-ever Camp David summit working to form a new trilateral alliance between the US, Japan, and South Korea as part of his strategy against China in the Asia Pacific. Biden has invited Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South...
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Sunday called for world leaders to recognize the "folly" of nuclear deterrence at a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of the US dropping an atomic bomb on the city, killing an estimated 140,000 people. "Leaders around the world...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday hit back at Japan over comments made by a Japanese official about Tokyo potentially assisting Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack. Toshiro Ino, Japan's minister of state for defense, made the comments in an interview with...
NATO will push back a decision to open a liaison office in Japan to this fall or later due to French objections to the plans, Nikkei Asia reported on Monday. The alliance wanted to formally enshrine the Japan office in NATO documents at the two-day summit in Vilnius,...
Taiwanese military experts will join US and Japanese analysts in conducting war game simulations for a potential conflict with China in the Taiwan Strait, The South China Morning Post reported Monday. It will mark the first time that Taiwanese analysts join the...
The US, Japan, and Taiwan are preparing to share real-time data from naval surveillance drones in a move sure to anger China, Financial Times reported on Thursday. General Atomics is due to deliver four MQ-9B Guardian drones to Taiwan in early 2025, the maritime...
