Japan

The Chinese military is increasingly expanding its reach and capabilities worldwide.

Capt. Tamara Graham, director of force requirements, Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF), spoke to an audience of U.S. and Japanese military and civic leaders at the “Thank You from Fukushima” reception hosted by the Honorable Kenko Sone, Consul General of Japan at his official residence in Los Angeles.

Japan has proposed a scheme to significantly increase its military spending budget.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron operate an extended deicer at Misawa Air Base, Japan.

Japan will double its defense spending in the face of emerging threats by China, North Korea and Russia, and may even build a new aircraft carrier, but it it may be feeding the dragon it wants to defend itself from as well.

Yokota Air Base leadership, the Fussa City Police Department and members of the on and off-base communities participated in a joint crime prevention patrol in Fussa, Japan

The return of Milius marks the end of a three-month deployment during which the crew operated throughout the Philippine Sea and South China Sea.

On the United States Space Force’s third birthday, the previous years’ events regarding space security and defense in Japan have been many.

With the reality of increasingly dangerous and hostile regional neighbors becoming a threat, the Japanese government has taken a big step to double its defense spending and is reconsidering the necessity of having to strike potential adversaries first in self-defense.

Japan strengthens ties with its Western allies beyond the United States, merging its next-gen combat jet program with Britain and Italy.

Japan and the US have maintained tight-knit relations for the last seven decades, despite having an ugly past less than a century ago.

Sterling Cale, a Pearl Harbor survivor, answers questions from a reporter from Hawaii News Now during a Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony.