What the Next Round of US–Japan Base Negotiations Could Mean for Troops and Families in 2026 US Japan base negotiations ahead of the 2026 cost-sharing deadline will shape force posture, Okinawa realignment, and daily...
Trump Taps New Marine Commander for Key US Force in Japan Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson has been tasked to lead the Marine Corps’ only permanently forward-deployed force in Japan, placing...
Japanese American Soldiers Once Branded 'Enemy Aliens' Promoted Posthumously Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony, eight decades after they died fighting...
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles into Sea Between Korean Peninsula and Japan North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, according to its neighbors, as the North...
Japan and the Philippines Sign New Defense Pact as They Face Growing China Aggression Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact that would allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other...
Xi Is Testing Japan’s Ties With Trump by Escalating Trade Battle China is testing Donald Trump’s support for America’s top ally in Asia by imposing export controls on Japan months after the...
US Says China’s Taiwan Drills ‘Unnecessarily’ Raised Tensions The PLA simulated a blockade of the global chip hub for two days this week with live-fire exercises encircling the island.
Taiwan’s President Pledges to Defend Island’s Sovereignty After Chinese Military Drills China recently wrapped up live-fire drills around Taiwan featuring rocket launches, aircraft and warships.
Pacifist Japan Has Slowly Transformed From Exclusively Self-Defense to a Military Buildup Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending.
China Stages Military Drills Around Taiwan to Warn 'External Forces' After US, Japan Tensions The Chinese military says it dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint live-fire drills around Taiwan to warn...
This Navy Dentist Engraved 'Remember Pearl Harbor' on Hideki Tojo's Dentures For roughly three months in 1946 and 1947, the man who approved the attack on Pearl Harbor walked around Sugamo Prison with...
Black History Month Turns 100 Black History Month highlights Black servicemembers whose courage shaped the military despite segregation and discrimination.
DoW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints from Members, Contractors One contractor told Military.com that the email invite was "stark, depressing, almost threatening."
The Youngest American Killed in Vietnam Enlisted in the Marines at 14 PFC Dan Bullock became the youngest American service member killed in the Vietnam War after forging his birth certificate to...
Why You Didn’t Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire In today’s turbulent, unpredictable and frustrating hiring market, job-seekers are seemingly doing everything right and...
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/world-news-uschina-military-drills-filepic-get.jpg?itok=M5NzlIEf "A Taiwanese air force Mirage 2000 fighter jet takes off at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu on Dec. 29, 2025. China launched "major" military exercises around Taiwan on December 29, in what it called a "stern warning" involving live-fire drills in waters and airspace near the island. Taiwan said Monday it had detected four Chinese coastguard ships near the island's waters. (Cheng Yu-Chen/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)")
