China spent US$21 billion (S$27 billion) on military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, the East and South China Sea and the Western Pacific last year, nearly 40 per cent higher than 2023, according to ...

The latest news and top stories on Takeshi Iwaya, Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs since October 2024. He was the Minister of Defense from 2018 to 2019 and has been a long-standing member of the ...

The U.S. Army will deploy its mid-range missile system, Typhon, to Japan for the first time during a Marine Corps-led exercise in September.

China budgeted 1.67 trillion yuan ($299.43 billion) in defence spending for 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -China spent $21 billion on military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, the East and South China Sea and the ...

Beijing has accused the Philippines of "causing trouble" in the Sea while also suggesting the United States was to blame for fuelling tensions. On Thursday, Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesman for the ...

A joint U.S. and Japanese military exercise will see the temporary deployment of the "Typhon" intermediate-range missile in Japan, Japanese and U.S. officials said on Thursday, a move likely to anger ...

Australia, Canada and the Philippines have deployed three warships and aircraft for drills against simulated aerial threats ...