Japan has demanded China stop flying its fighter jets abnormally close to Japanese intelligence-gathering aircraft, which it said was happening repeatedly and could cause a collision.

North Korea slammed Japan for its joint next-generation fighter jet development project with the United Kingdom and Italy, ...

Self-Defense Forces fighter jets scrambled 157 times for possible airspace incursions in the April-June period, the Defense ...

Japan called it “regrettable” after scrambling jets when a South Korean military plane entered its airspace without notice.

Such moves signal to Japan that China is willing to monitor and challenge Japanese activities in areas it considers to be its territory, analysts warn.

A bigger jet means bigger fuel tanks. That means more range and bigger payloads of explosive warheads. But the size also means weapons can be stored internally – ensuring a smooth exterior that makes ...

But the Japanese, inspired by their Axis partners, went about developing their own jet fighter. In the waning months of WWII, Japan’s military engineers embarked on an ambitious and innovative ...

A Chinese fighter jet came within about 150 feet of a Japanese naval reconnaissance plane over the weekend, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Thursday, an action the US ambassador to Tokyo called ...

The C-130 aircraft was en route to Guam for a military exercise when it was forced to divert toward Tokyo's Kadena Air Base ...

As the closest U.S. air base to Taiwan—the self-ruled island that China has threatened to take by force—the Pentagon plans to ...

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet from the Shandong aircraft carrier followed a Japanese P-3C patrol plane for 40 minutes on Saturday, according to the Japanese defence ministry. Two J-15 jets then did ...

The C-130 aircraft was en route to Guam for a military exercise on July 13 when it was forced to divert toward Kadena Air ...