SAGA--A landowners association has decided to sell property next to Saga Airport here, clearing the way for a controversial new Ground Self-Defense Force base for Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

SAPPORO—A senior officer of the Ground Self-Defense Force has sued the central government, saying he suffered hearing loss through years of weapons training coupled with inadequate equipment and a ...

Two Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members who died Sunday during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture were killed by electrocution caused by lightning, the GSDF ...

Japan will regularly deploy the Ground Self-Defense Force’s marine unit to Australia, the two countries’ defense chiefs said Sunday, in a boost for trilateral cooperation alongside Washington that is ...

Under the agreement, the GSDF will carry and install traps, transport hunters to sites and remove bear carcasses, among other tasks, in the prefecture through the end of November. Around half of the ...

The Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) on June 8 conducted one of Japan's largest live-fire training exercises in Shizuoka Prefecture, which was also livestreamed. Around 2,000 people participated in ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force will end its support for capturing bears Sunday, as scheduled. The GSDF had been helping in response to deadly bear attacks on humans in Akita Prefecture in the ...

Tokyo, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)--Two helicopters of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force were hit by laser beams over Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the GSDF has said. There ...