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![Japan Gears up for Electronic Warfare Japan Gears up for Electronic Warfare](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_590030074546.jpg)
Japan Gears up for Electronic Warfare
By Aki Nakai
Japan is going electromagnetic, with implications for Japanese security policy and the U.S. regional strategy.
![Japan Air Self-Defense Force: Chinese Intercepts Down 50, Russia Up 60 Percent Japan Air Self-Defense Force: Chinese Intercepts Down 50, Russia Up 60 Percent](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-19_20-09-57.jpg)
Japan Air Self-Defense Force: Chinese Intercepts Down 50, Russia Up 60 Percent
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Following a record high in 2016, the number of Chinese military aircraft approaching Japanese airspace was almost cut in half from April to June 2017.
![Japan Doubles Number of Fighter Jets Used for Intercepting Chinese Warplanes Japan Doubles Number of Fighter Jets Used for Intercepting Chinese Warplanes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_10-54-12.jpg)
Japan Doubles Number of Fighter Jets Used for Intercepting Chinese Warplanes
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japan increased the number of jets deployed for scrambles against foreign airplanes from two to four.
![Chinese and Japanese Fighter Jets Come Close to Dogfight in East China Sea Chinese and Japanese Fighter Jets Come Close to Dogfight in East China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_10-54-12.jpg)
Chinese and Japanese Fighter Jets Come Close to Dogfight in East China Sea
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japanese aircraft purportedly used fire-control radars to lock onto two PLAAF warplanes flying over the East China Sea.
![Japan's Fighter Jets Intercepted Chinese Aircraft 571 Times in 2015 Japan's Fighter Jets Intercepted Chinese Aircraft 571 Times in 2015](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_10-54-12.jpg)
Japan's Fighter Jets Intercepted Chinese Aircraft 571 Times in 2015
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The number of sorties flown to ward off Chinese intrusions into Japan’s airspace has risen substantially.
![Japan Forms New Air Wing to Fend off China’s Advances in East China Sea Japan Forms New Air Wing to Fend off China’s Advances in East China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_10-54-12.jpg)
Japan Forms New Air Wing to Fend off China’s Advances in East China Sea
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Tokyo has recently doubled the number of fighter jets stationed at Okinawa's Naha Air Base.
![Is Japan Facing a Shortage of Fighter Aircraft? Is Japan Facing a Shortage of Fighter Aircraft?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-19_20-09-57.jpg)
Is Japan Facing a Shortage of Fighter Aircraft?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Tokyo needs to step up its modernization efforts, otherwise the JASDF might face an aircraft shortage in the 2020.
![Japan, China Scramble Military Jets in East China Sea Japan, China Scramble Military Jets in East China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sizes/thumbnail/3458_524391a64482d.jpg)
Japan, China Scramble Military Jets in East China Sea
Tensions continue to mount in the East China Sea between Japan and China over disputed islands.
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