Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru has ordered transport aircraft to Jordan and Greece for possible evacuation of Japanese citizens from Lebanon.

Japan on Friday urged its citizens to leave Lebanon and dispatched aircraft to evacuate its citizens, as Israel carries out ...

The Japanese government says it will dispatch Self-Defense Forces airplanes to prepare for a possible evacuation of its ...

Japanese warplanes deployed flares on September 24 to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that had breached northern Japan's airspace, prompting strong protests from Tokyo ...

A Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, ...

The third indictment of a U.S. service member on sexual assault charges this year prompted fresh protests from an Okinawa ...

Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, at a news conference Tuesday, said the skipper of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ...

China's military test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Wednesday morning, according to defense officials, marking ...

After a Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace, Japan's Self-Defense Force dispatched an aircraft that, for the first time, fired flares in 'an anti-airspace violation action.' ...

Japan's Defense Minister Minoru Kihara reported that a Russian Il-38 patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace above Rebun ...

Four Russian military aircraft were tracked operating in the Alaska air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Monday, ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to "resolutely defend Japan's territory" as Tokyo lodged a protest with Moscow after a ...