Latest Japan Stories
Japan’s Converted F-35B Carrier Leaves Dock Sporting New Bow
By Oliver Parken / Updated Apr 21, 2023
Iconic Atomic Bomb Blast Imagery From Japan Almost Never Happened
By Oliver Parken / Updated Mar 28, 2023
First Rendering Of Japan’s Ballistic Missile Defense Ship Concept Released
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Dec 29, 2022
Japan Flies Its RQ-4 Global Hawk For The First Time
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Dec 21, 2022
New Stealth Fighter Will Be Developed Jointly By Japan, Britain, Italy
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 9, 2022
Marine Corps F-35B Ends Up Nose-Down In Japan
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 1, 2022
Air Force Confirms Permanently Based U.S. F-15s Leaving Japan For Good
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 28, 2022
U.S. F-15s To Leave Okinawa Without Permanent Replacement: Report
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 27, 2022
Why Japan Didn’t Try To Intercept The North Korean Ballistic Missile
By Howard Altman / Updated Oct 5, 2022
Japan Plans Giant Missile Defense Ships, Its Largest Post-WWII Surface Combatants
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 8, 2022
Japan Unveils Top Gun 2 Themed F-15 Eagle
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 2, 2022
Burst Of Chinese, Russian Naval Activity Tracked In Waters Around Japan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 20, 2022
This Shot Of 11 Japanese Hatsuyuki-Class Destroyers Is Damn Impressive
By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jun 16, 2022
Did America Just Miss Its Chance To Help Build Japan’s Future Fighter?
By Thomas Newdick / Updated May 17, 2022
Chinese Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Spotted Off Taiwan In Satellite Imagery
By detresfa_ / Updated May 14, 2022
China Releases Image Of Japanese Carrier Sailing Right Alongside Its Own Carrier
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 30, 2021
Japan Wants To Arm Its Submarines With Long-Range Cruise Missiles: Report
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 30, 2021
United Kingdom Details Plans To Build Future Fighter Jet Engine With Japan
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 22, 2021
Flying Boats Flew Japan’s Little-Known Follow-On Raid On Pearl Harbor
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 8, 2021
Armada Of 10 Chinese And Russian Warships Is Sailing Around Japan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 21, 2021
Indian Su-30 Flankers To Dogfight Japanese Fighters Later This Year
By Michael Peck / Updated Sep 30, 2021
F-22 Export Briefing Shows What It Would Have Taken To Sell The Raptor Abroad
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Sep 16, 2021
Japanese Fighters Intercept Three Chinese Drones In As Many Days
By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 26, 2021
Japan Wants To Detect Incoming Hypersonic Missiles With Unmanned Aircraft
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 9, 2021
An Air Cushion Patrol Seaplane Was Once In The Works With The U.S. And Japan
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 18, 2021
China’s Liaoning Carrier Strike Group Passes Through Japan’s Miyako Strait
By Adam Kehoe / Updated Apr 4, 2021
North Korea Carried Out The First Known Test Of Its Newest Ballistic Missile
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Mar 26, 2021
So Long, Samurai: Japan Bids Farewell To Its Final Frontline Phantoms
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 27, 2020
Japan Considers Building Two Super-Sized Destroyers As An Alternative To Aegis Ashore
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 2, 2020
It’s Official: A Foreign Company Will Help Mitsubishi Build Japan’s Next Fighter
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 30, 2020
Japanese F-35As Train With USS America As Tokyo Looks Toward Its Aircraft Carrier Future
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 23, 2020
Japan Just Launched Its First “Big Whale” Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarine
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Oct 15, 2020
Of Course Japan Rejected A Plan For A New Unmanned Fighter Because It Makes No Sense
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 14, 2020
Check Out These Dramatic Photos Of The Recent Fire Aboard Coast Guard Cutter Waesche
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 24, 2020
The F-15 “Japanese Super Interceptor” Eagle Is One Step Closer To Becoming A Reality
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Jul 29, 2020
Approval Of Mega F-35 Sale For Japan Is A Huge Step Towards Its Aircraft Carrier Ambitions
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Jul 10, 2020
Japan Goes Back To The Future With Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarines
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Japan Halts Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Plans Indefinitely Amid Public Opposition
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 15, 2020
Marine F/A-18 Hornets Fly Armed With Live Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles In Japan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 30, 2020
No, Japan Isn’t Going To Install Catapults And Angled Decks On Its Izumo Class Carriers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 3, 2019
Arguably The Most Earth-Shattering Text Message Of All Time Was Sent 77 Years Ago Today
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
This Haunting WWII Photo Sums Up Our Veterans’ Perseverance And Sacrifice
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
Japan Cleared To Transform 98 Of Its F-15J Eagles Into “Japanese Super Interceptors”
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 30, 2019
Watch Japan’s Giant US-2 Amphibious Flying Boat Land In An Amazingly Short Distance
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 9, 2019
You Can Buy Japan’s ‘Air Force One’ 747 Jumbo Jet
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 13, 2019
Here’s Everything We Know About The Ongoing Search For Japan’s Crashed F-35 (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 30, 2019
Moscow Disputes Seoul’s Account Of Unprecedented Aerial Altercation Over Sea Of Japan
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 23, 2019
Japan Is Looking At Developing its Very Own Land Attack Capable Cruise Missile
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
US Navy Plans to Cut Cruisers by Half Amid Reports One Became Like a “Floating Prison”
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
All You Need to Know After North Korea’s Longest Downrange Missile Launch
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
US Tries to Spice Up Tired Shows of Force Over Korean Peninsula With F-35s
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
We Don’t Know Much About the Fitzgerald Collision and That Seems Odd
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Soldiers Can Look Like Star Wars Bounty Hunters With This Crazy Helmet
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 24, 2019
The Combat Information Center In Japan’s New Frigate Is Like A Starship’s Bridge
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 15, 2019