TOKYO — Japan’s Defense Ministry acknowledged it failed to meet recruitment goals for the Self-Defense Forces in recent years, as the country seeks to bolster its military amid growing threats from ...

On January 24, the Japanese government convened this year’s ordinary Diet session, which will run for 150 days, at least until June 22. The administration of Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is planning ...

Japan, whose military is restricted to the use of force for self-defense by its own constitution, had long been exposed to cyber threats without adequate means to respond. Cyberattacks in recent years ...

Japan plans to allow police and the Self-Defense Forces to access and neutralize adversarial servers from Oct 1, in preparation for the full-scale launch of an "active cyber defense" system designed ...