Japanese governments have proposed policies to reverse this trend, but they have so far had little success. Thirty percent of ...

Today, Japan is ranked fifth globally in overall military power after the United States, Russia, China and India, and its defense budget ranked sixth in the 2021 ranking of 140 countries by the ...

President Trump has complained the U.S.-Japan defense partnership is one-sided, but with China throwing its weight around, ...

Global economics and military strength are highly intertwined. Having the cash to finance an army is paramount to a country’s ...

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) serves as an economic indicator that accounts for the cost of living and inflation rates across ...

TOKYO – Japan has put the branches of its military under a single operational command, joining the US, China and other nations to better prepare for conflict by ensuring coordination between ...

Lessons from the 1925 Locarno Treaties for the contemporary security dynamics of the U.S., South Korea, and Japan.

Less than 100 miles from Taipei, Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, has rapidly militarized amid growing tensions between ...

"The Chinese Communist Party believes in power. They have started to ... having a Joint Force Headquarters in Japan would give the U.S. military the capacity to respond with commands from the ...

Coinciding with the Freedom Shield military exercises conducted by the United States and South Korea from March 10 to 20, the U.S.-Japan-S. Korea naval drill was held simultaneously in the waters off ...