Japan’s long-dormant defense industry is finally waking up. Constrained by a constitution imposed by the Allied military occupation after World War II, Japan has for decades adhered to a pacifist ...

Before the two powers clashed in World War II, a strategic alliance allowed Tokyo’s military to map British India.

Faced with growing concerns over Russia, China and uncertainty about America's long-term security commitments, Germany and Japan are rapidly expanding their defence capabilities and strengthening ties ...

New Zealand’s Trade Agreement With India Reflects a Foreign Policy Shift Tokyo’s defense exports are becoming tools for building a new middle power security network across the Indo-Pacific. An ...

June 15 (Asia Today) --Germany and Japan are moving away from military restraints maintained for more than 80 years since their defeat in World War II as doubts about U.S. security commitments and ...

A potential gap that China’s carrier strike groups ‘need to address is the limited number of stealth fighters’, former PLA ...

After becoming allies to disastrous effect in the 1940s, Berlin and Tokyo are finding new reasons to team up — including rebuilding their militaries. Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan’s defense minister, and ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum brought the concept of the “middle power” back into the spotlight. Delivered amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s hints of ...

Tokyo's approach combines security, economic and diplomatic tools to show regional nations an alternative to the China-US dilemma Japan seized the spotlight at last month's Shangri-La Dialogue, ...

For most people in Africa, Japan is synonymous with cutting-edge technology, economic prowess and social harmony. But in East Asia, which bears deep historical wounds inflicted by Japan, the country's ...