In the spring of 2009, Japan's defense minister implemented these new rules of engagement by giving the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) commander final discretion to respond to the North Korean missile ...

Hinokuchi said, "I sincerely felt relieved that the man made a full recovery." (Japanese original by Hiroaki Goto, Kyushu News Department) ...

In Japan, too, a similar accident once occurred when a civilian airliner collided with a Self Defense Force plane, sparking continued efforts to prevent a recurrence. In 1971, an All Nippon Airways Co ...

The police will work with the SDF when they deal with “extremely highly organized ... Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Japan’s Nissan Motor to Cut Nearly 2,000 Jobs in U.S. Plants; Will ...

The SDF began building camps soon after Okinawa reverted to Japanese sovereignty on May 15, 1972. SDF bases occupied about 783 hectares of land as of March 2022, representing a 4.7-fold increase ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO -- The Japanese Ministry of Defense has stopped disclosing the gender of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) members subject to disciplinary or criminal actions starting this month ...

A Japanese department store has been slammed over its controversial plan to encourage female employees to wear 'period badges' when menstruating. The Daimaru Umeda department store in Osaka claims the ...

Police in Eniwa, Hokkaido, have arrested a 21-year-old Self-Defense Forces officer on suspicion of assaulting a female university student with whom he was in a relationship. Police said Ryota Nosaka ...

Although Japan does not have any casinos in the Western sense of the word, the island state contains nearly 20,000 gambling halls offering 'entertainment with prizes,' in addition to a thriving ...

Women make up just 9% of military personnel in Japan, compared to 17% in the United States, Tokyo's key security ally. The SDF referred Reuters' questions to the Defense Ministry, which said in an ...