Japan formally activated on Sunday a new joint maritime transport unit geared towards improving troop deployment capabilities in Japan’s southwest islands. The Maritime Transport Group of the ...

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani pledged on Sunday to bolster the Self-Defense Forces' (SDF) transport capacity to remote southern islands through a newly launched unit called the Maritime ...

Japan’s coast guard had its first trilateral joint search and rescue drills with the U.S. and South Korean counterparts in June. Last year, Japanese and U.S. coast guards provided capacity ...