Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, ...

“North Korea is now a more important ally for Russia than Iran or China,” said Oleg Ignatov, senior Russia analyst for Crisis Group.

Japan has warned of escalating military threats from China in a new defense report. The report highlights China's growing ...

Japan had initially planned the F-35Bs to support amphibious operations, but the initial six jets missed the target March ...

Officials in Tokyo released their Defense of Japan 2025 white paper this week with findings the international community is ...

China is using “cultural development” to shape “an ideologically and psychologically friendly environment in North Korea.” ...

A pair of American B-52H bombers was escorted by two Japanese F-2 fighter aircraft and two South Korean KF-16 fighter jets ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the coastal city of Wonsan on Saturday, where ...

China supported North Korea in the Korean War (1950–53), and the two countries signed a mutual defense treaty in 1961, China’s only one to date. (North Korea's only other, with the Soviet ...

China views North Korea as a buffer against the U.S., which maintains a significant troop presence in South Korea. Beijing has long maintained it enforces the sanctions it has supported since ...

North Korea's recent criticism of China has revealed tensions between the two nations. North Korea condemned China, Japan and South Korea for discussing denuclearization.

China’s miscalculations on North Korea are compounded by technological developments in warfare. It used to be that the “weapon of the weak” in the face of conventional power was guerrilla ...