Defense Minister Minoru Kihara visited war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15 in a move that provoked a backlash from South Korea. South Korea and China view the shrine as a symbol of ...

The next-generation stealth fighter jet would replace Japan's retiring F-2s that it jointly developed with the U.S., and ...

WASHINGTON--To bolster its defense, Japan will start procuring U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles in 2025, a year earlier than originally planned, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said on Oct. 4.

The military responded by scrambling fighter jets and issuing radio and flare warnings, defence minister Minoru Kihara told reporters, calling it the first confirmed incursion since 2019.

In a statement Friday, Japan defense minister Minoru Kihara said his nation would likewise return its 14 Ospreys to flight status following an "adequate” analysis of the cause of the crash ...

“Japan is now facing off against North Korea, Russia and China and that makes for a severe security environment,” Minoru Kihara, Japan’s defense minister until the government changed last ...

Who’s the Fairest of Them All? Why 7 Percent of North Carolina Early Voters Are of ‘Unknown’ Gender Japan’s defense minister said this week that his country is expediting the timeline on ...

The two sides are expected to discuss a much-anticipated reciprocal access agreement that will remove hurdles to joint military exercises and deeper defense cooperation. Japan’s defense minister ...

Defence chiefs from South Korea, Japan and the US have put out a statement stressing the 'importance of peace' in the Taiwan ...

SINGAPORE: South Korea’s Minister of National Defence Shin Won-sik and Japan’s Minister of Defence Minoru Kihara agreed to look to the future in a bilateral meeting held at the Asia Security ...

An aggressive China and Russia’s war on Ukraine brought South Korea and Japan closer — with lots of American help. Keeping them together to deter Beijing will be one of the most important foreign ...