Researchers from Kumamoto University and collaborating institutions have discovered a new species of deep-sea sea anemone ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert after issuing one following a series of major earthquakes Monday but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly ...

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) have quietly stepped up their activities in the waters and skies near Taiwan, conducting special military exercises meant to show China how Japan could respond in a ...

Japan said it scrambled jets on Friday to monitor Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear ...

Russia fired several anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan, according to its defense ministry. Moscow said Tuesday its military was conducting a simulated missile attack, involving two of its boats ...

While Japan does not plan to lodge a protest to Russia over the missile exercise, a Foreign Ministry official says Japan is "concerned about Russia’s increasing military activities around the Japanese ...

Japan has designated 14 airports and 26 seaports for use by its military and coast guard during a contingency.

The East/Japan Sea is a complex and dynamic marginal sea whose circulation patterns are governed by a combination of local atmospheric forcing, basin geometry, and exchanges with surrounding margins.

Long-pacifist Japan has increased security ties with Washington as well as defense spending. The new leader is seen as a ...

Dark clouded the Yellow Sea. Long swaying fingers pointed skyward—masts. Aboard the Japanese flagship Mikasa the captains of the fleet faced their admiral across a lacquer tray containing the ...

In response to a question regarding a recent joint statement issued by the defense ministers of the Philippines, Australia, ...