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