Japan Protests China's Detention of Citizen, Maritime Action Yoshimasa Hayashi is Japan’s first diplomat to make the trip in more than three years.
The Tragic, Conflicting and Now Politicized Tale of a US Sailor Sitting in a Japanese Prison Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis is far from the only American military employee to face a Japanese legal system that places a high...
North Korea Says ICBM Test Aimed to Strike Fear into Enemies North Korea says it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile to “strike fear into the enemies” as the United States and...
North Korea Launches ICBM Before South Korea-Japan Summit The North’s first ICBM test in a month and third weapons test this week comes as South Korean and U.S. troops continue joint...
Quad FMs, Wary of China's Might, Push Indo-Pacific Options The top diplomats of Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. said their Indo-Pacific-focused bloc is not aimed at China, but...
Pacific Military Exercises Resume at Pre-Pandemic Size Thai and U.S. officials officially opened annual Cobra Gold multinational military exercises, now restored to one of the...
Japan OKs New Budget Including Hefty Arms Cost to Deter China Japan’s lower house of parliament has approved a 114 trillion yen ($836 billion) budget for the next fiscal year.
Japan, Other G-7 Leaders Step up Russia Sanctions The leaders renewed their commitment to “intensifying our diplomatic, financial and military support for Ukraine."
US Holds Drills in South China Sea Amid Tensions With China China strongly objects to military activity by other nations in the contested waterway.
How the US Is Boosting Military Alliances to Counter China The U.S. actions stretch from Japan to the Solomon Islands.
US Sends 2,000 Guard Troops, 100 Aircraft to Unprecedented NATO Exercise Aimed to Deter Russia Germany is preparing to host the biggest air deployment exercise in NATO's history, a show of force intended to impress...
Feds Sue for Millions in Damages After Osprey Incident at San Diego Airport More than three years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with an MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway, the U...
5.2% Troop Pay Raise in 2024 Gets Support as Debt Ceiling Fight Subsides Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand urged the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee to ensure that this year's National Defense...
Veterans Deserve Choice in How They Obtain Disability Benefits "Millions of veterans are already effectively being denied their benefits due to an unnecessarily complex and arcane...
Biden Signs Debt Ceiling Bill that Pulls US Back from Brink of Unprecedented Default With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the nation’s debt ceiling...
