In a speech in Washington in September 2011, Democratic Party of Japan Policy Research Committee Chair Maehara Seiji spoke about the need for the Japanese defense industry to take on a role in the ...

At a meeting on April 10 between Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko and his visiting British counterpart, David Cameron, the two leaders agreed that Japan and Britain would work on joint development of ...

A senior official at Japan's Prime Minister's Office has expressed the view that the country "should possess nuclear weapons.

In a hugely significant policy shift for pacifist Japan, the government approved revisions that will allow for the export of finished weapons like Patriot missiles. The changes that got the nod from ...

An artist's impression of the next-generation fighter is seen in this image provided by the Japanese Ministry of Defense. Japan is set to become able to export next-generation fighter jets developed ...

A Patriot surface-to-air guided missile launcher is seen in this June 1998 photo taken at the Air Self-Defense Force's Gifu Air Base in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture. (Mainichi/Kikuya Katayama) The ...

Japan has pledged not to become an exporter of weapons that fuel international conflict, a vow that is one of its most fundamental principles as a nation whose Constitution strongly upholds pacifism.