Japan military

Japan Worries If US ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ Will Open When Needed

Commentary U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin included an extended deterrence dialogue (EDD) when they met with their Japanese counterparts in Tokyo on July 28 ...

August 1, 2024BY Grant Newsham
Japan and the US Improve Warfighting Readiness in Face of Threats from the CCP

From joint exercises to defense drills, hypersonic missiles to high-tech outreach, countering China's 'dangerous path.'

February 16, 2024BY Jon Sun and Michael Zhuang
Abe’s Think Tank Proposes ‘Beheading’ Military Move to Deter Chinese Communist Party

Japanese scholar Shimada Yoichi, a former advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, recently suggested that Japan’s military ...

February 24, 2022BY Joyce Liang
Japan Is Changing Its Approach to Defense (and to China)

Commentary A few weeks ago, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with American President Joe Biden at the ...

July 2, 2021BY Milton Ezrati
Japan Should Increase Military Ties With Taiwan, Says Former Japanese Navy Chief

WASHINGTON—As the Chinese regime continues to flex its military muscle, the former chief of Japan’s naval forces said ...

May 3, 2018BY Paul Huang
US Flies Bombers Over South China Sea

Two U.S. supersonic heavy bombers flew over the South China Sea and "sharpened their combat skills" in a ...

July 7, 2017BY Matthew Little