The bilateral exercise, which included formation flight and Defensive Counter Air training, was held following “intensified activities concerning Japan’s national security,” possibly referring to the ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Marine Corps will have a larger role in a joint U.S.-Japan virtual exercise scheduled for December that will focus on defending remote Indo-Pacific islands, according to ...

Japan's recent deployment of missiles on Yonaguni, an island only 110km (70 miles) away from Taiwan, comes amid rising tensions with Beijing and follows a steady build-up of supplies and equipment in ...

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ariana Martes, an expeditionary fuels technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Japan Ground ...

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. strategic bombers joined a fleet of Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise meant to demonstrate their military cooperation around Japan’s airspace, defense officials said ...

TOKYO — Japan’s defense minister has dismissed as “completely unfounded” a report that the nation’s military urged the United States to threaten nuclear retaliation against China during a tabletop ...

Aug 28 (Reuters) - A joint U.S. and Japanese military exercise will see the temporary deployment of the "Typhon" intermediate-range missile in Japan, Japanese and U.S. officials said on Thursday, a ...

Japan said Thursday it held a joint air exercise with the United States in a show of force, days after Chinese-Russian patrols in the region and following weeks of diplomatic feuding between Tokyo and ...