Top uniformed officers of S. Korea, U.S., Japan meet in Seoul

Top uniformed officers of S. Korea, U.S., Japan meet in Seoul

Adm. Kim Myung Soo (C), chief of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Gen. Dan Caine (L) and Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, during a meeting in Seoul on July 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2024, a day after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's direction.

MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2024, a day after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's direction.

MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2024, a day after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's direction.

MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

MSDF ship sails through Taiwan Strait for 1st time

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2024, a day after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's direction.

Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japan-U.S. defense talks

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, shakes hands with Gen. Charles Brown, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a meeting at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2023.

Japan to send SDF planes to evacuate nationals from Sudan

Japan to send SDF planes to evacuate nationals from Sudan

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 20, 2023, after the government ordered the Air Self-Defense Force to dispatch aircraft to Djibouti in preparation for the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Sudan, where military clashes are intensifying.

Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces on Aug. 25, 2014, in Tokyo that the government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex next month. The interviewees include the late Masao Yoshida, who headed the plant when the crisis broke out in March 2011.

Gov't confirms Abe not to be 1st Japan PM to visit Pearl Harbor

Gov't confirms Abe not to be 1st Japan PM to visit Pearl Harbor

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2016. Suga said the government has confirmed that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming visit to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii will not be the first by a sitting Japanese leader, as Shigeru Yoshida did so in 1951 while prime minister. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo