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 ...

Japanese ‘Aircraft Carrier’ to Operate With U.S. Navy Next Year – During the Second World War, aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy never approached the West Coast of the United States – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mitsu Zero Museum of Flight Corbis Getty Images 2 Although often dismissed as ‘followers’ by many both in the lead-up to and ...

Chinese fighter jets made two close passes at Japanese intelligence aircraft again recently following similar incidents last month. A Xi’an JH-7 fighter-bomber tailed a Japan Air Self-Defense Force YS ...

Japanese fighter aircraft were scrambled over three dozen times in April to intercept Chinese and Russian military planes suspected of possible airspace violations, Tokyo's Defense Ministry said on ...

Japan said on Sunday that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft in two “dangerous” incidents near Japan’s Okinawa islands, an account Beijing disputed. “These radar ...

A Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-35A Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter in 2021. JSDF Photo The Japan Air Self-Defense Force carried out 358 scrambles in six months, a decrease of 66 scrambles ...

The new EC-2 Stand-Off Jammer aircraft, based on the Kawasaki C-2 transport aircraft, will replace the unique EC-1 which has been in service since 1986. The latest in a number of Japanese with unusual ...

Japan said it has asked the US to suspend all non-emergency V-22 Osprey flights over its territory after one fell into the sea on Wednesday in western Japan, marking the country’s first fatal U.S.