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Growing Japan-Italy Ties Emphasize Tokyo’s Pressing Need for Assistance

Growing Japan-Italy Ties Emphasize Tokyo’s Pressing Need for Assistance

By Mark S. Cogan
The European nation forms an increasingly important part of Japan's goal of consolidating its security cooperation with like-minded Western nations.

Japan, France to Conduct First Joint Fighter Jet Drill

Japan, France to Conduct First Joint Fighter Jet Drill

By Takahashi Kosuke
The drill continues a trend of Japan's expanding security links with European powers, while France looks to the Indo-Pacific.
Japan Photographs China’s New Y-9DZ Electric Warfare Aircraft for First Time

Japan Photographs China’s New Y-9DZ Electric Warfare Aircraft for First Time

By Takahashi Kosuke
The western Pacific, including Okinawa and Taiwan, is increasingly becoming a new frontier for electronic warfare.

Japan Says Aircraft Scrambles Are Down – But Responses to Drones and UFOs Are Up

Japan Says Aircraft Scrambles Are Down – But Responses to Drones and UFOs Are Up

By Takahashi Kosuke
Japan scrambled fighter aircraft 778 times in FY2022, nearly three-quarters of those coming against Chinese planes. 

Japan Needs a National Space Strategy: Former JASDF General

Japan Needs a National Space Strategy: Former JASDF General

By Kosuke Takahashi
Tokyo needs to enhance multilateral cooperation with the U.S. and other Western countries in space security, says General Kataoka Haruhiko, a former chief of staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

Japan to Co-develop Future Fighter F-X With UK

Japan to Co-develop Future Fighter F-X With UK

By Takahashi Kosuke
Japan may choose BAE Systems, not Lockheed Martin, to support Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in developing next-generation fighter aircraft.

Japan Scrambled Fighter Jets to Intercept Foreign Aircraft Over 1,000 Times in FY2021

Japan Scrambled Fighter Jets to Intercept Foreign Aircraft Over 1,000 Times in FY2021

By Kosuke Takahashi
It was the second highest number of scrambles in a single year, representing the worsening security environment surrounding Japan.
Does Japan Need to Develop a New Fighter Aircraft?

Does Japan Need to Develop a New Fighter Aircraft?

By Arnaud Sobrero
China’s military buildup, coupled with existing problems associated with imports from the U.S., may make such a move a necessity.

Japan Intercepted Chinese Military Aircraft 675 Times in Fiscal Year 2019

Japan Intercepted Chinese Military Aircraft 675 Times in Fiscal Year 2019

By Franz-Stefan Gady
This marks a six percent increase compared with the same period in fiscal year 2018.

Work Stopped at F-35A Facility in Japan Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Work Stopped at F-35A Facility in Japan Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Lockheed Martin suspended assembly of the F-35A aircraft at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries facility in Japan out of concern over the spread of the coronavirus.

Japan Intercepts Chinese Military Aircraft  523 Times in 9 Months

Japan Intercepts Chinese Military Aircraft 523 Times in 9 Months

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japan has seen a rise in the number of Chinese military aircraft approaching Japanese airspace over the last nine months.
Japan to Continue Assembling F-35A Fighter Jets at Home

Japan to Continue Assembling F-35A Fighter Jets at Home

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japan intends to continue to assemble F-35As at a local facility in Nagoya.

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