The new Joint Operations Command will take on military threats, other contingencies and natural disasters. The move in Japan comes amid a drastic restructuring of the United States government and ...

The United States has around 54,000 military personnel in Japan who currently report back to Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii, around 6,500 kilometres (4,000 miles) away and 19 hours behind.

"The United States will upgrade the U.S. Forces Japan to a joint force headquarters ... The ministers said in a joint statement that the new command structure would be implemented in parallel ...

The United States and Japan said they will revamp the US military command structure in Japan to improve joint military operations and expand co-production of air defence missiles, to counter China ...

TOKYO—The Pentagon will upgrade and expand its three-star command in Japan ... plans to announce that the United States intends to reconstitute U.S. Forces Japan as a Joint Force Headquarters ...

"The United States will upgrade the US Forces Japan to a joint force headquarters ... The ministers said in a joint statement that the new command structure would be implemented in parallel ...

However, with a joint operational command structure in place, the United States and Japan would be better postured to expand bilateral military operations when needed, from peacetime to major ...

SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Wednesday denounced Japan's launch of a new military command aimed at better ... among South Korea, the United States and Japan in March, North Korea ...

"The United States will upgrade the U.S. Forces Japan to a joint force headquarters ... The ministers said in a joint statement that the new command structure would be implemented in parallel ...