The number of Self-Defense Forces personnel hired in fiscal 2023 totaled 9,959, only 51% of the Defense Ministry’s target, the ministry announced Monday. The share of SDF personnel recruited fell …
Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force resumed Thursday flights of its Ospreys near Tokyo, almost four months after suspending them due to a deadly crash of a U.S. military Osprey off a …
The Defense Ministry will allow Self-Defense Forces recruits to have longer hair from April this year as it aims to make the armed services more attractive to young people. The …
With national security in mind, the government on Monday added six U.S. military and other key facilities to its list of locations where the acquisition and use of land in …
The vice chief of staff of the Ground Self-Defense Force visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo earlier this week with his subordinates, the Defense Ministry has said. The ministry …
A Self-Defense Forces aircraft left Japan for Djibouti in East Africa on Saturday to prepare for possible airlifting of Japanese nationals from Israel, where tensions are rising following Palestinian militant …
Newly appointed Defense Minister Minoru Kihara is scheduled to visit Washington early next month for a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a source close to the matter have …
Over 60% of the Self-Defense Forces personnel who claimed to have been harassed did not use a consultation system set up to aid in such cases, a survey by the …
In a sign of growing defense cooperation with allies and partners, the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) on Saturday test-fired its Type-12 anti-ship missile for the first time in Australia as …