A round detonating inside a tank turret is virtually unheard of. The last time it happened in Japan was in 1979 A turret ...

Tokyo has scrapped rules that limited exports to non-combat categories, and introduced a framework that distinguishes between ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's recent deployment of missiles on Yonaguni, an island only 110km (70 miles) away from Taiwan, comes amid rising tensions ...

By Tim Kelly TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, ...

The Japanese government is changing the rank titles of Self-Defense Force officers to resemble those of a military, citing ...

Japanese defence planners are contemplating deterring, and possibly fighting, on their own, which is a conversation that hasn ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reversed limits on arms exports as Japan faces rising threats from China and unpredictability ...

(Corrects paragraph 5 to say a group of Chinese naval vessels sailed through the Yokoate Waterway on Sunday, not the Yonaguni ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gestures as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his speech during their visit to ...

Consequently, after ramping up its defence budget to a record 2 per cent of the GDP, it has now lifted longstanding defence export restrictions, something that is being hailed as the biggest ever ...

Japan has lifted a post-war ban on weapons exports as it moves away from a pacifist stance that has defined its defence ...