Officials say Japan’s air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft ...

A Self-Defence Force training aircraft crashed after taking off from a military base in central Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday, declining to elaborate further.

A U.S. bomber’s emergency landing that shut down a shared runway and canceled commercial flights in northeastern Japan has ...

The bombers’ arrival for joint drills signals deterrence toward China and North Korea, despite local backlash after one ...

The aircraft is the first of 42 F-35B Lightning IIs that will be delivered to the Japan Air Self Defense Force. The Japanese F-35B BX-1 successfully completed its first test flight from Lockheed ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh shake hands before their talks in New Delhi, May 5, 2025. (Kyodo) NEW DELHI (Kyodo) -- The defense ministers of ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh also affirmed that the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the Indian military will increase their joint exercises, ...

and this year it would supply the Japan Self-Defense Forces for the first time, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hu Jong-i (胡忠一) said on Friday. Japan has been promoting the consumption of rice in the ...

Japan will also invite the Sri Lankan military to disaster prevention drills held by the Self-Defense Forces. Nakatani pointed out the importance of realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific by ...

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo makes a port call at Ream Naval Base in southwestern Cambodia on April 19, 2025. (Kyodo) REAM, Cambodia (Kyodo) -- Japan Maritime Self ...

It is currently installed on the Mogami-class frigates of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Forces (JMSDF) mast. The Unicorn Masts Technology and its importance The “Unicorn Masts” agreement ...

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