March 31 will mark the first deployment of two new Japanese systems: the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) for island ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading to the White House this week, hoping to leave with assurance that President ...

Far from being a “free-rider,” Japan is a pioneer in aerospace technology—and its defense industrial base has much to offer the United States in a partnership.

The envisaged missile defense collaboration is among the expected agreements, covering various areas from the long-standing ...

Japan's Defense Ministry has delivered equipment capable of launching extended-range anti-ship missiles to a Ground Self-Defense Force camp in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The missiles ...

Japan will deploy upgraded Type-12 surface-to-ship missile to Camp Kengun in an effort to strengthen defenses against threats from China and North Korea.

By Tamiyuki Kihara and Yukiko Toyoda TOKYO, March 13 (Reuters) - Japan will inform the U.S. next week that it intends to join ...

The Asian ally is reportedly considering lending its technological capabilities to the missile-defense project in hopes of negotiating a better trade deal.

Japan started deploying its first batch of domestically-developed long-range missile, with their launchers arriving at a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has approved the export of a locally-made component for a missile defense system to the U.S. and is launching joint research with Britain on air-to-air missile technology for ...

TOKYO — Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense ...

The Golden Dome project, unveiled last year, aims to expand existing ground-based missile defenses with experimental space-based systems capable of ...