Sanae Takaichi was confirmed as prime minister days ahead of a possible visit to Japan by President Trump, with whom she shares a hawkish stance on China.

With a new US trade deal and prime minister, Japan is now focused on military and economic reciprocity with the United states.

Japan’s likely new prime minister is a wake-up call for America’s Indo-Pacific allies who have been lagging in shoring up their militaries, foreign policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The U.S. Army has revealed its mid-range missile system, Typhon, at one of its bases in Japan for the first time.

Japan and the United States on Monday began air, sea and land exercises around Japan in a show of force in the face of increased Chinese military activity in the region.

Japan should raise its defense capabilities to a level that would prevent an assertive China from using force in the future, while making its nonhostile stance clear, an international relations expert said recently before parliament chooses a new prime minister.

Japan plays a key role in containing China under the U.S. island chain strategy, which conceives three north-south defensive lines projecting military power to deter potential Chinese aggression by leveraging U.S. and allied territories across the western Pacific.

Japan’s invasion of China in World War II began with the expansion of conflict after years of tension. Following the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, Japanese forces launched a full-scale war, capturing cities like Beijing,

U.S. and Philippine Army soldiers emplace the Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Payload Deployment System during Exercise Salaknib in Northern Luzon, Philippines, on June 27, 2024. (Sgt. First Class Rudy Gonzalez/U.S. Army) MANILA, Philippines — China ...

Sanae Takaichi was named Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, with the social conservative saying she wanted "candid discussions" with US President Donald Trump just days ahead of his visit to Tokyo.