Two Japanese soldiers died of lightning strikes during training in western Japan, a spokesman said.

A Japanese macaque, missing its left hand, was recently spotted near Yokosuka Naval Base, according to Yokosuka city’s website.

Japan’s Tohoku Defense Bureau said it was not informed of an in-flight incident involving a HC-130J Combat King II that landed at Misawa Air Force Base last month.

Japanese soldiers retrieved a rusty, American-made hand grenade at an apartment complex on Kyushu, the country’s southernmost main island, according to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Japan’s defense minister has dismissed as “completely unfounded” a report that its military urged the United States to threaten nuclear retaliation against China during a tabletop exercise last year.

Shigeaki Mori, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, was on hand recently to help unveil a plaque in the rural Japanese town of Ikachi, near Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, to commemorate the nine-member crew of the Lonesome Lady, an American B-24 Liberator that crashed 80 years ago near the end of World War II.

PFAS in treated water discharged from two sites outside Yokota Air Base in Tokyo spiked recently but remained within safe limits, according to Japanese government surveys.

The United States and Japan concluded a weeklong disaster-response exercise that simulated a magnitude 7 earthquake, the first to bring together U.S. Forces Japan and the country’s newly formed Joint Operations Command.

Japan’s Defense Ministry acknowledged it failed to meet recruitment goals for the Self-Defense Forces in recent years, as the country seeks to bolster its military amid growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia.

Chinese fighter jets made two close passes at Japanese intelligence aircraft again recently following similar incidents last month.