Having a base in Japan would not only bolster the SDF’s space defense capabilities, but would provide another avenue for strengthening trilateral defense cooperation with the United States and ...

The SDF plans to eventually install its own radars. The second squadron is currently preparing for its mission of searching for signs that other countries are interfering with Japanese satellites.

A government poll found that interest in Japan’s security environment – and support for its defense force – is higher than ever. Japan's Upper House has passed a package of laws allowing the ...

NHK has learned that the suspect in the shooting that left two Self-Defense Force members dead has told police that he targeted a 52-year-old instructor. Two SDF members died and another was ...

Japan's falling birth rate, however, means it is struggling more than ever to maintain current SDF troop levels at 250,000 ...

Japan's parliament. It comprises three key pillars--boosting public-private cooperation, utilizing communications information, and breaking into servers and rendering threats harmless. The SDF and ...

Japan’s defense minister dispatched SDF medical personnel to the Hokkaido ... “The patients were mostly young during the second wave, and they didn't need to be put on oxygen,” she says.