Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two ...

Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending. The country also is revising a ...

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

Though Europe has a long military history in Asia, it is quite rare for an Asian nation to send ships or aircraft to Europe, ...

A US B-2 Spirit bomber flew with Japanese F-35 stealth fighters for the first time. The aircraft rendezvoused as part of ongoing Bomber Task Force operations in the Indo-Pacific. The Air Force's B-2 ...

Firefighters gather for a search operation as a Japanese air force plane crashed after taking off for a training flight, at a pond in Inuyama, central Japan, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Kyodo News via ...

The brightly painted Mitsubishi F-15Js of Japan’s aggressor squadron simulate hostile aircraft. Credit: Chen Chuanren/AW&ST Japan has shifted its defense modernization efforts from cruise control into ...

Japanese officials have also stated that the U.S. has kept Japanese authorities informed about this development, and that the Japanese government, officials in Aomori prefecture and in Misawa city are ...

In keeping with Japan’s ongoing military buildup, lawmakers approved a budget for 2026 that for the first time exceeds 9 ...

The Japanese air force is transforming up to half of its 201 Boeing F-15J air-superiority fighters into deep-striking fighter-bombers. For the defensively-oriented Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the ...

A retired Huey helicopter that once flew combat, disaster-response and medical missions was unveiled as a symbol of decades of U.S. military service in Japan.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said Thursday ...