Latest Japan Stories
Japanese Ship Owner Disputes U.S. Claims About Weapons Used In Tanker Attack
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 14, 2019
Japan Picked An Aegis Ashore Site Based On Miscalculations From Google Earth
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 11, 2019
Remains Of Japanese F-35 Pilot Found As Search Is Called Off For Crashed Aircraft
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 8, 2019
U.S. Navy Has Stopped Looking For Japan’s Crashed F-35 That Remains Largely Unrecovered
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 10, 2019
The U.S. Military Now Denies That Japan’s Missing F-35A Has Been Found
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 30, 2019
Japanese F-35A Has Gone Missing Over The Pacific Ocean (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 10, 2019
Japan Buying Joint Strike Missiles For Its F-35As Is A Much Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 13, 2019
Two Kadena F-15s Made Emergency Arrested Landings In Opposite Directions On The Same Runway
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 16, 2019
Boeing’s Troubled New KC-46 Pegasus Tanker Just Flew Across The Pacific Ocean To Japan
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 23, 2018
These Are The Most Stunning Pictures Of An AH-1 Cobra You Are Likely To Ever See
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 27, 2018
Marines Need Special Lightning Rods To Shield Their F-35s In Japan From Storms
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Aug 22, 2018
Japan’s New Super-Sized Destroyer Will Help Defend Against Ballistic Missiles And More
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 30, 2018
Northrop Grumman Wants In On Japan’s Stealth Fighter Project
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 6, 2018
A USAF F-15C Eagle Crashed Off Okinawa, Pilot Rescued Alive After Ejection (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 11, 2018
Lockheed Should Restart the Raptor Line If Japan Wants An F-22-F-35 Hybrid
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 20, 2018
Officials Admit Japan’s ‘Helicopter Destroyers’ Were Also Designed For Jets
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 27, 2018
Japan And South Korea Eye F-35B For Their Helicopter Carriers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 27, 2017
Japan May Turn Its F-15J Eagles Into Cruise Missile Carriers
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 5, 2017
Navy Aircraft Crashes Carrying 11 From Okinawa To The USS Ronald Reagan (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 22, 2017
North Korea Sends Missile Flying Over Japan (Updating Live)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 28, 2017
Navy Releases Harrowing Report On Fitzgerald Collision, Begins Punishing Sailors
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 17, 2017
Destroyer USS Fitzgerald Badly Damaged After Collision With Merchant Vessel (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 17, 2017
Everything You Need To Know About North Korea’s Most Successful Missile Launch
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 15, 2017
Japan May Buy Tomahawks For Retaliatory Strikes On North Korean Missile Sites
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 10, 2017
Japan May Acquire Aegis Ashore To Defend Itself From North Korean Missiles
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 8, 2017
Japan’s Biggest Helicopter Carrier To Provide Escort For US Supply Ship
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 1, 2017
Carrier Group Nowhere Near North Korea Last Weekend: Feint Or Fumble?
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 19, 2017
Kadena Air Base Shows Its Firepower During Surprise “Elephant Walk” Drill
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 14, 2017
Japan to Sail Carrier Into South China Sea In Massive Show of Force
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 13, 2017
US Navy Cruiser Runs Aground In Tokyo Bay
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 31, 2017
F-35s Head To Japan As Chinese Bombers and Carrier Make Big Moves
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 12, 2017
Pilot Killed In Yet Another Marine F/A-18 Hornet Crash
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 8, 2016
Just Allow The F-22 To Be Exported To Japan Already
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 8, 2016