At a distance of just 370 miles, Kadena is the closest American air base to Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China has long claimed as its own territory and has reserved the right to use force against ...

The figures follow trends worldwide, but especially in East Asia, where Japan, South Korea and other nations have seen their ...

Japan is making bold moves to change its anti-war culture. That’s not by choice. It’s out of necessity. Japan’s Maritime Self ...

For Trump and his supporters, the time has come for a domestic conservative revolution to merge with a global movement, with ...

China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births ...

The trip gave the impression that Japan’s relations with China were on the mend. Iwaya indicated that Japan would be open to ...

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Thursday his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the agreement for a ...

Gen. Eric Smith said the planned transfer of Okinawa-based Marines to Guam in the coming years will distance the force from a critical theater that China seeks to further influence.

For decades, the United States has relied on airpower and the qualitative superiority of its aircraft to gain an advantage ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on Japan's ruling coalition parties to reflect on history, telling a delegation in Beijing on Tuesday that the two countries can solve all problems through ...

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