Today, Japan is ranked fifth globally in overall military power after the United States, Russia, China and India, and its defense budget ranked sixth in the 2021 ranking of 140 countries by the ...

He pledged to reinforce Japan’s military power. He said breaches of Japanese airspace by Chinese and Russian warplanes ...

Japanese officials say they are closely watching to see if China keeps its promise to prevent further violations of Japan’s ...

for six months of the year amid growing concern among Washington and its allies about China's growing military power in the ...

President Xi Jinping of China is projecting military power around the Senkaku Islands — claimed by both Japan and China — as well as Taiwan and in the South China Sea. A conflict between China ...

Through a series of successful political and military campaigns, he asserted control over all of Japan by 1591. His power was greater than that of any previous shogun, but it wouldn't last ...

Komeito has been less willing than the LDP to step back from the pacifism that has marked Japan since its World War Two loss, including decisions to double military ... to power in 2012, became ...

for a much greater role for Japan as a military power. Mr. Ishiba, clinging to the post he has held for only a few weeks, is no longer pursuing one of his fondest dreams, an “Asian NATO.” Nor is he ...

The 1947 constitution transformed the lives of Japanese citizens, changing the role of the emperor, diminishing the power of the military, and creating new rights for women. Today, as democratic ...

This article examines the extent to which or how self-identified great powers resort to military aggression following events that challenge their sense of greatness. It problematises the prevalent ...

That left the LDP without a parliamentary majority, but Ishiba was nonetheless able to keep his hold on power ... Japan,” he said. Earlier, at an annual troop review on Saturday at a Japanese ...