The region — and Japan — remain “critical” to Britain’s interests, Ambassador Julia Longbottom told The Japan Times. Read more
The Maritime Self-Defense Force has unveiled its Kaga vessel to the media after completing the first stage of work to turn it into a flattop for F-35B stealth fighter jets. Read more
Japanese postwar pacifism reached its pinnacle in 1976. That year, Prime Minister Takeo Miki adopted two measures representing the tide of the moment: a cap on the annual defense budget equa... Read more
Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic, Russian President Vladimir Putin said late on Wednesday, but he added that if t... Read more
The government’s decision Friday to allow the sale of a fighter aircraft Tokyo is co-developing with Rome and London marks another significant shift in Japan’s exclusively defense-oriented p... Read more
The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, could reach a deal as early as this week that would allow the export to third countries of a next-generation fighter j... Read more
Japan and the United States have recently agreed to begin joint research on artificial intelligence in the hope of using the technology for drones that would work in tandem with the Asian na... Read more
As U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine arrive at training centers in the United States and Europe, Kyiv’s allies hope the modern aircraft can push Russian planes farther from the frontli... Read more
A U.S. F-16 jet on a training mission crashed into waters off the coast of South Korea, stoking safety concerns after eight U.S. airmen were killed last month in the crash of a V-22 Osprey a... Read more
Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy are aiming to set up a control tower for the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet in fiscal 2024, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara has said, f... Read more