Japan’s Ministry of Defense plans to expand a two-year-old army base on Ishigaki Island, near Taiwan, as part of efforts to ...

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force already has land-based anti-ship missile units on Kyushu, and potential deployment sites ...

The stock prices of US defense firms have slid 4 percent in the six weeks that Trump has been in power. Since European ...

Military bases overseas are considered as proponents of the U.S.' power beyond its territorial bounds, according to a congressional research service report.

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te took a major step forward on Feb. 14 when he publicly committed to raising Taiwan’s defense spending from 2.45 percent to 3 percent of GDP in 2025 through a special ...

Taiwanese conscripts take part in a live-fire exercise featuring the Taiwan-made Kestrel Rocket launcher, at a military base in Tainan, Taiwan, in Nov. 2024. Anadolu via Getty Images “These ...

Prominent cuts to the military budget include 3 percent ... but the real opportunity likely lies within Taiwan itself. Taiwan’s strong manufacturing base and mature commercial electronics ...

The Brave Eagle went down after taking off from Chih Hang Air Base in southern Taitung county ... and locally built Indigenous Defence Fighters. Taiwan's military is under pressure from China ...

Taiwan's military responded by sending sea ... Taiwan has naval and air bases in Kaohsiung and Pingtung. China has ramped up the deployment of fighter jets and warships around Taiwan in recent ...

Languages: English. John Feng is Newsweek's contributing editor for Asia based in Taichung, Taiwan. His focus is on East Asian politics. He has covered foreign policy and defense matters ...

Taiwan disbanded the military court system after the death of ... excessively as punishment for taking a smartphone onto his base -- just days before the end of his compulsory year-long military ...