It sounds like a contradiction. A weapon powerful enough to slice through metal and take down drones while they are still ...

One of the many capabilities of the new SSM is the ability to spiral during its attack run to help evade close-in gun systems ...

NAGASAKI -- Twenty-two groups in Nagasaki, including A-bomb survivor groups, have protested against comments about changing ...

Japan has quietly crossed a threshold in naval warfare, installing a massive high-energy laser on a dedicated test ship and beginning live trials at sea. The system, rated at 100-kilowatt power, is ...

With growing threats from China and North Korea, Japan is accelerating its hypersonic weapons program. This month, Japan's Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that it had successfully conducted flight ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Japan reaffirmed its decades-old pledge never to possess nuclear weapons on Friday after local media reported that a senior security official suggested the country should ...

Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has started prototyping components in support of its programme to ...

Tensions are growing in east Asia. The threat of a Chinese attack on Taiwan persists and, in recent weeks, North Korea has been testing its long-range missile capabilities. Russia’s reorientation of ...

Beijing releases 30-page report that includes a call for international community to ‘take concrete and strong measures’ against Japan’s nuclear ambitions.

Acquiring nuclear weapons would not only undermine the global nuclear non-proliferation framework but also deal a fundamental blow to the postwar international order—a prospect that must be met with ...

The survey found that 62.6% of respondents do not agree with a senior government official who last month said Japan should ...

“[The Japanese have] a pretty clear view of where they’re going; they’re heading towards becoming a nuclear power in five years.” - Henry Kissinger, April 2023. Apart from this growing disparity, the ...