The placement of Japan's missiles on border islands poses a serious threat to neighboring countries, including Russia.

Russia and China have conducted rare joint anti-missile defense drills on Russian territory, signaling a deeper military alignment between the two powers amid rising tensions in East Asia. Beijing insists the exercise was not aimed at any third country,

NATO chief Mark Rutte and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba have vowed to further deepen military ties while stressing the need to jointly tackle growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia. Japan, which has stepped up defence ties with the US ...

The China Security Report 2026, released by the National Institute for Defence Studies (NIDS) in Tokyo, argued that the strategic partnership among the three countries is becoming increasingly assertive, though marked by internal imbalances.