The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on December 26 approved $58 billion (9.04 trillion yen) defense spending for fiscal year 2026, as Tokyo
In December 2025, Japan responded in an unusual manner to activities conducted by Chinese Navy vessels in waters near Japan: JASDF F-2 fighters were observed
On 19th December, the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) of the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced the development for the land-based variant of the
The Japanese Defense Ministry has announced that Chinese J-15 fighter aircraft took off from China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier near the southern island of Okinawa and
On November 28, the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi approved 847.2 billion yen ($5.4 billion) defense spending in the fiscal 2025 supplementary budget
Japan’s new Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has publicly called for Tokyo to consider acquiring nuclear-powered submarines (SSN), marking what would be a significant strategic shift
The 12th Littoral Logistics Battalion (LLB) is conducting its Initial Operational Capability (IOC) event, Resolute Dragon 2025, with the Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel (ALPV), an unmanned
The Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has announced its first successful test-firings of a ship-mounted electromagnetic (EM) railgun against a
On August 29, the Japanese Ministry of Defense submitted a record defense budget request of $60.2 billion (8.8 trillion yen) for fiscal year 2026, which
STADT GROUP has implemented a new office in Japan taking advantage of the arrival of the historical calling of a Norwegian frigate in the Bay
