Japan is planning to launch the third information gathering satellite in its planned system of four. The satellites will primarily watch North Korea's nuclear program and support its joint missile defense program with the U.S.
The United States and Japan will begin deploying American-made anti-missile systems on Japanese soil next month amid growing concern about North Korean arms.
Robots killed at least 14 people in Pakistan last January. The mechanical attackers were airborne Predator drones, operated by remote control by the CIA. They fired Hellfire missiles at the village of Damadola in an unsuccessful attempt to kill the No. 2 Al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Over the past several days, some top Japanese government officials have made remarks suggesting that Japan should possess the military capability to attack and destroy North Korea's missile bases before the country actually launches the weapons toward Japan.
Japan's defense chief said Thursday that Tokyo wants to speed up efforts to establish a missile defense shield with the United States to guard against the threat posed by North Korea.
The author looks at what impact U.S. cooperation with Japan on theater missile defense will have on the Asian security dynamic.
A committee of the Japanese governing party approved a proposal to allow the military use of the country's space program for the first time.
The Japanese Government is reviewing its space policy to consider lifting its self-imposed ban on deploying spy satellites. This editorial from the Daily Yomiuri advocates lifting this ban.
A global race is under way to reach the next milestone in supercomputer performance, many times the speed of today's most powerful machines. And beyond the customary rivalry in the field between the United States and Japan, there is a new entrant - China - eager to showcase its arrival as an economic powerhouse.
Sixty years after the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese are beginning -- with a gentle nudge from Washington -- to talk openly about the long-forbidden subject of nuclear weapons.The post-World War II pacifism under which Japan's military is known as a "self-defense force" remains strong. But the rise of China and North Korea's nuclear ambitions have spurred what is referred to here as "active pacifism," or a more pragmatic line on defense.