China has a near monopoly on the global mining and processing of rare earths, which are raw materials necessary for ...

China has been moving strategically in response to the latest spat with Japan, with a view of reshaping the world order in Asia ...

Masayuki Masuda, who leads the China division at Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies, and John Chuan Tiong Lim, a research fellow at Tokyo University’s Institute for Advanced Studies on ...

China has announced export controls banning more than 800 “dual‑use” items to Japan — goods that can serve both commercial ...

Fighter in service for more than a decade often patrols potential conflict hotspots including the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.

Japan’s new hard-line leader finds herself in an escalating row with Communist China following a recent suggestion that her country could be drawn into any future war over Taiwan. Aides to Prime ...

This Dec. 23, 2022 file photo provided by Japan’s Ministry of Defense shows two J-15 carrier-based aircraft from the Liaoning. Credit: Japanese Ministry of Defense Tensions between Japan and China ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

This photo provided by Japan's Ministry of Defense shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber in the vicinity of Japanese airspace ...