Japan is fielding new coastal defense missiles and actively developing new ones, including a hypersonic guided missile, in a ...

The first Japan-Central Asia summit reflects Tokyo’s new foreign policy activism and the latest move in Central Asia’s hedging strategy, which seeks to leverage a growing interest of major powers in ...

Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

Japan has a long history of launching orbital rockets, dating back about half a century. During much of this time, its launch industry has focused largely on orbiting national payloads, such as ...