Japan's defense minister resigns amid scandal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said Defense Minister Tomomi Inada had submitted her resignation to account for a scandal involving the coverup of logs that recorded the daily activities of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops serving as U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.

Japan Trains Using Patriot Interceptor Systems Against North Korean Missiles

Japan’s troops trained on Thursday to use Patriot air-and-missile defense systems against a threat from North Korea, local media reported.

Japan condemns DPRK's missile test-firing into the Sea of Japan (East Sea)

The Japanese government on Sunday condemned the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over its latest test launch of a ballistic missile earlier in the day.

China, S Korea decry defence minister's Yasukuni visit

Japan's defence minister has prayed at a controversial war shrine in the capital, Tokyo, drawing condemnation from China and South Korea.

Okinawa appeals ruling for US base relocation plans just one day after a US fighter Harrier jet crashed into waters

Okinawa authorities on Friday lodged an appeal against a high court ruling supporting the Japanese government's controversial move to relocate a US base within the prefecture.

Japón incrementará junto a EE.UU. las patrullas en el mar de la China Meridional

La ministra de Defensa de Japón, Tomomi Inada, ha anunciado en el Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales –un 'think tank' estadounidense– que Japón "apoya fuertemente la libertad de las operaciones de navegación de la Marina de EE.UU. en el mar de la China Meridional" y su intención de aumentar sus patrullas en las citadas aguas, informa 'Asia Times'

Japan issues intercept order for potential N. Korean missile launches

Japan`s newly appointed defence minister on Monday ordered the nation`s military to be ready to destroy any missiles fired by North Korea that threaten the country, local media reported.