October marks the 70th anniversary of Japan joining the Colombo Plan, under which Japan began assistance – initially technical cooperation – to other countries in Asia. The basic policy for Japan’s ...

Since the end of the Cold War, dramatic changes in the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region have transformed Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) strategy, as evidenced by ...

The ongoing discussions about Japan's "Lost Decades," a period of prolonged economic stagnation spanning 30 years, have ...

Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has allocated new funding for the development of high-powered microwave (HPM) weapons. The MoD's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has allocated ...

Japan’s new national security strategy and related defense plans herald a major military modernization effort in response to perceived threats in Northeast Asia, particularly China. Military vessels ...

Japan urges banks to fund defence companies as state lender leads the way Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Tuesday urged financial institutions to invest in the country's defence industry ...