The change, which allows Japanese companies to sell arms to 17 countries, is a major shift from the nation's pacifist stance and comes at a time of heightened security concerns in the region.

Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean a...

Thousands of American and Philippine troops begin annual military exercises joined for the first time by a significant Japanese contingent.