Hegseth Welcomes Japan’s Arms Spending Increase, Says US-Japan Alliance Key to Deter China U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has welcomed Japan's commitment to accelerate its military buildup and defense spending.
Trump Praises Japan’s New Prime Minister, Saying the US Is an ‘Ally at the Strongest Level' President Donald Trump has met with Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, during his trip to Asia.
Japan Says It Plans to Tell Trump It Will Build Up Military and Upgrade Security Strategy Japan's new foreign minister said his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense to rapidly...
A Small Canadian Mistake on the USS Missouri Nearly Halted Japan’s Surrender Eighty years ago, U.S. President Harry Truman authorized the U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan. Just days earlier...
Why Japanese Tanks Were Doomed in the Pacific Theater Today, the Pacific remains a prominent strategic interest for the U.S. military, but the Marine Corps recently deactivated...
US, South Korea and Japan Open Joint Air and Naval Exercise The United States, South Korea and Japan opened an air and naval exercise off a South Korean island in their latest joint...
Bones Found at Japanese Site Where Korean Forced Laborers Died in WWII Three possible limb bones and a skull were found in the past two days by Korean divers at the former site of the Chosei Mine...
South Korea Must Navigate the ‘Trump Risk’ at Key Summits in Japan and US Barely two months into office, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung faces a pivotal foreign policy test as heads into back-to...
US Seeks Shipbuilding Expertise from South Korea and Japan to Counter China American lawmakers are using a trip to South Korea and Japan to explore how the United States can tap those allies’...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![Koreas Tensions](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-09/ApNewsroom_Koreas_Tensions_13022.jpg?itok=tQo_G__k "Protesters shout slogans during a press conference to oppose the military exercise called Freedom Edge in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. A banner reads "Oppose Freedom Edge." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)")
