This file photo, provided by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force on April 7 ... Japan for considering deploying long-range missiles on Kyushu SEOUL, March 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday ...

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KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--To strengthen the defense of the Nansei chain of islands stretching from southwest of Kyushu, the Self-Defense Forces has launched its first maritime transport group ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is testing a shipborne railgun under development by Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency. On April 9, Self-Defense Fleet Commander ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force will open Camp Saga in July and house its V-22 Ospreys on former farmland west of Saga Airport in Saga prefecture.

Myanmar Earthquake: Myanmar was rocked by a 5.6-magnitude Earthquake , striking just days after a catastrophic 7.7-magnitude ...

YAMATO, Kumamoto Prefecture--Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Army ... a chain of islands stretching southwest from Kyushu toward Taiwan, in response to a possible contingency ...