TOKYO: Japan said on Tuesday (Nov 25) it scrambled aircraft after detecting a suspected Chinese drone off an island near Taiwan that has been drawn into a weeks-long diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing.

A suspected Chinese drone has been spotted off a Japanese island near Taiwan. Japan's army scrambled its aircraft in response. The incident comes amid an ongoing diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing.

The Japan Self-Defense Force recently tested the deployment of a developing hypersonic missile system that is designed to defend Tokyo’s islands from foreign warships. The Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) showcased the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) during an industry day last week,

The remarks come amid the two countries’ worst diplomatic crisis in years, after the Japanese prime minister said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.

U.S. military units, alongside Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) specialists from Japan, successfully conducted the first ever Japan – U.S.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Japan has "crossed a red line” with comments by the country's new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan

A plan to station surface-to-air missiles on an island within sight of Taiwan is “steadily progressing,” Japan’s defense minister said.

In the final months of World War II, a small team of American commandos parachuted into the mountains of northern Vietnam to train Ho Chi Minh’s guerrillas to fight Japan. They were members of the OSS Deer Team,

TOKYO - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi held talks with Chinese Ambassador Wu Jianghao in Tokyo on Tuesday, during which they are expected to have exchanged views on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about how Japan would respond to a military attack on Taiwan.