On 9 December 2025, at Tsuiki Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), at least 16 F-2 fighter aircraft were ...

Key Point - Japan reworked two “helicopter destroyers” into F-35B–capable flattops, threading the needle between Article 9 constraints and rising Chinese pressure. Here’s how it became legal—and ...

IJN Akagi The IJN Akagi was one of Japan's earlier aircraft carriers, but it didn't start out that way. The ship was initially laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, and building teams shifted ...

Four F-35B Lightning II fighter jets conducted flight operations on the JS Kaga, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s largest multirole cruiser. Despite the cruiser designation, the JS Kaga can ...

US President Donald Trump was met with cheers as he made a theatrical entrance in front of US troops aboard the USS George Washington at a naval base in Japan on Tuesday, October 28. Trump arrived to ...

TOKYO — Defense ministers from Japan and Britain hailed their “deep strategic alignment” on Thursday as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made its first port call in Tokyo. The HMS Prince of Wales, which ...

US President Donald Trump danced to the Village People’s “YMCA” and took selfies with sailors during a visit to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier while it was docked in Japan on Tuesday, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Defense ministers from Japan and Britain hailed their “deep strategic alignment” on Thursday as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made its first port call in Tokyo. The HMS Prince of Wales, ...