Acknowledging a total misread of the local situation, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara announced the scrapping of plans to build a Ground Self-Defense Force training site in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.

Defense Minister Minoru Kihara held talks with his Cambodian counterpart, Tea Seiha, as well as with Prime Minister Hun Manet and former Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is now president of the Senate ...

The problems are “significantly damaging to the public trust” for the ministry and the military, Minoru Kihara said. Admiral ...

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the Russian Il-38 plane breached Japan's airspace above Rebun ...

The military responded by scrambling fighter jets and issuing radio and flare warnings, defence minister Minoru Kihara told reporters, calling it the first confirmed incursion since 2019.

“Japan is now facing off against North Korea, Russia and China and that makes for a severe security environment,” Minoru Kihara, Japan’s defense minister until the government changed last ...

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The two sides are expected to discuss a much-anticipated reciprocal access agreement that will remove hurdles to joint military exercises and deeper defense cooperation. Japan’s defense minister ...

An aggressive China and Russia’s war on Ukraine brought South Korea and Japan closer — with lots of American help. Keeping them together to deter Beijing will be one of the most important foreign ...