Alastair Gale

The Tokyo-based company looks to bring battlefield-tested technology back to Japan to tap into a multibillion-dollar defense budget for unmanned systems.

Japan’s decision to send combat troops to the Philippines for the first time since World War II and participate in a ship-sinking drill in the South China Sea this week underscores Tokyo’s rising willingness to project military power on China’s doorstep.

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's decision to send combat troops to the Philippines for the first time since World War II and participate in a ship-sinking

Japan’s stealthy and highly automated Mogami warship is set for a showdown with the simpler and less expensive Type 31 frigate from the UK as the two nations compete to supply vessels to the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Japan's stealthy and highly automated Mogami warship is set for a showdown with the simpler and less expensive Type 31 frigate from the U.K. as the two nations compete to supply vessels to the Royal New Zealand Navy.

The ethnic Korean group that long served as Pyongyang’s unofficial embassy in Japan is fading, eroding one of the last informal links between the two countries.

Tokyo, Seoul, Canberra and other capitals in the region believe U.S. military power is critical to counter the challenges from China and North Korea.

Japan rejects China’s accusation that it’s pursuing “new militarism,” Tokyo’s defense chief said Sunday, in one of the sharpest responses yet to Beijing’s criticism.

MANILA (Bloomberg): Japan rejected the notion that it's pursuing "new militarism,” the country's defense chief said Sunday, an accusation made by China amid growing tensions between the two countries.

The US and Japan said they remain committed to the denuclearization of North Korea despite China’s apparent downgrading of the subject and Russia’s assertion that it was a “closed issue.”