Today, Japan is ranked fifth globally in overall military power after the United States, Russia, China and India, and its defense budget ranked sixth in the 2021 ranking of 140 countries by the ...

Amid a flare in the ongoing island dispute that has proven to be a notable bout of tension in long-strained Sino-Japanese relations, Japan has unveiled the Izumo, its largest military vessel ...

the Japan Self-Defense Forces, established in 1946, are currently recognized as one of the military powers. The country's defense budget for the 2024 fiscal year is 7.95 trillion yen (approx.

The US is expanding its space influence through military alliances, seeking to leverage Japan's technological ... In contrast, some major powers frequently hype up the "China threat" to cover ...