Japan isn't currently planning to send warships to the Middle East, Japan's defense minister said Monday. "We are not considering dispatching the SDF at this moment," Shinjiro Koizumi said in ...

More than a dozen countries said on Friday they were willing to join an international mission to protect shipping in the ...

Japan could consider deploying its military for minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz, a ​vital artery for global oil supplies ...