The U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF) bilateral exercise “Iron Fist 26” will see approximately ...

A Vision 60 robodog operates alongside Japan Ground Self-Defense Force troops at Narashino Training Area outside Tokyo, Jan.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber on Dec. 10, 2025. (Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP) Japan is barreling forward with efforts to ...

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 7th Infantry Division, cross train with Japanese Self Defense Force Members, assigned to 22nd Rapid Deployment Regiment in army battle drills at Yakima Training Center, Wash ...

Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered hundreds of ...

China did not stipulate covered items, but experts believe the restrictions could affect rare earth minerals, a potential ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Defense Ministry acknowledged it failed to meet recruitment goals for the Self-Defense Forces in recent years, as the country seeks to bolster its military amid growing threats from ...

A Japanese warship drills with a Royal Canadian Navy ship in the Pacific in 2024. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force photo Japan’s cabinet approved a Fiscal Year 2025 supplementary budget that is ...

YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. — Since 1994, the U.S. Army and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force have annually conducted Rising Thunder, an exercise that strengthens the interoperability and ...