Japan Self-Defense Force

A P-1 aircraft carrying the new air-launched anti-ship missile conducted its first test flight earlier this month.

Exercise Iron Fist 2020 is slated to conclude on February 21.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Sunday to bolster his country's role under its security pact with the U.S. in "outer space and cyberspace."

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Japan will take delivery of additional Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptors, according to the Pentagon.

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U.S. defense firm Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to build a F-35 maintenance repair and upgrade facility in Japan.

Pilot vertigo rather than a mechanical problem was the cause of the crash in April, according to a JASDF investigative report.

Japan resumed training missions of its F-35As last Thursday.

This year’s Talisman Sabre exercise in Australia included amphibious assault drills involving Japanese, Australian, and U.S. troops.

Japan’s air force says that “spatial disorientation” likely caused the pilot to crash his F-35A into the Pacific Ocean on April 9.