On August 7, Japan deployed its first three F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Nyutabaru Air Base in Miyazaki prefecture
North Korea focuses on improving quality of new solid-fuel missiles and hypersonic weapons, Japan defense white paper says. North Korea is focusing on improving the
Japan is procuring compact, missile-laden multi-mission frigates at a rapid pace to deter China and Russia effectively in the East China Sea and the Indo-Pacific
Japan’s largest shipbuilder Imabari Shipbuilding acquires JMU as subsidiary to compete with Chinese and South Korean rivals On June 26, Japan’s largest shipbuilder Imabari Shipbuilding
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Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems Co., Ltd. held a delivery ceremony and a “self-defense ship flag raising ceremony” today for the Yubetsu (ゆうべつ).
On June 11, the Japanese Defense Ministry announced two Chinese J-15 fighter jets made “unusual approaches” to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) P-3C maritime
Japanese tech company Fujitsu has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lockheed Martin to produce power supply components of the AN/SPY-7(V)1 solid state radar
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) held a delivery ceremony and a “self-defense ship flag raising ceremony” today for the Niyodo (によど). The event means the
