On March 24, the Japanese MoD established a new Self-Defense Forces Maritime Transport Group at the JMSDF Kure Base.

Credit: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Faced with China’s rapid military rise, security tensions are growing in Japan, especially in the Nansei Islands, the southwestern chain that includes ...

Tokyo is reportedly considering deploying long-range missiles to Kyushu, a move analyst says could deny Chinese ships access to the Pacific.

The number of SDF personnel stationed in Okinawa Prefecture exceeded 7,000 in 2016, when the first defense outpost in the Nansei Islands opened in Yonagunijima, Japan’s westernmost island just ...

Tokyo's reported plans to upgrade counterstrike missiles on strategic Kyushu by next year are not expected to derail ...

Deployment likely to begin at the end of next March, according to news agency report citing Japanese government sources.

The experts also said quakes with a magnitude of around 8 could occur in Hyuganada as well as around the southwestern Nansei Islands including Yonagunijima. “Data available for these sea areas ...

Japan’s Ministry of Defense plans to expand a two-year-old army base on Ishigaki Island, near Taiwan, as part of efforts to ...

Japan is considering deploying long-range missiles on the southwestern island of Kyushu as part of the country's efforts to ...

Tokyo: Japan is assessing the deployment of long-range missiles on the southwestern island of Kyushu aimed at bolstering the ...