Japan's contribution to the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative is limited to non-lethal aid.

Tokyo has allocated over US$14.6 million to a joint US-NATO initiative aimed at fast-tracking essential military supplies for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

As quiet as a mouse, Japan has just unleashed one of its most innovative technologies. But that tech isn’t being deployed in Japan itself. It’s inside Ukraine, and it is busy making Putin’s surprise ...

China accuses Japan of pursuing remilitarisation after Tokyo deploys officers to NATO’s Ukraine assistance mission.

Tokyo will send four officers to the NATO Security Assistance and Training Organization for Ukraine to help coordinate ...

Japan's Defense Ministry announced Friday the dispatch of four Self-Defense Force personnel to the NATO Security Assistance ...

Four soldiers from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces will be deployed to NATO’s Ukraine mission in Wiesbaden, Germany.

TOKYO--Japan expressed interest Tuesday in participating in the NATO command for its Ukrainian mission based in Germany in ...

Tokyo allocated $14.658 million, or about 2.2 billion yen, from its supplementary budget for fiscal year 2025. Japan’s Foreign Ministry said the funds would be used exclusively to purchase nonlethal ...

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By John Geddie and Tim Kelly TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters) - Japan's relaxation of its weapons-export rules opens a path for talks that could one day lead to Tokyo supplying military equipment to help ...