Japan regularly intercepts Russian forces near its territorial waters and airspace.

The U.S. is scheduled to deploy 48 F-35A aircraft to Misawa Air Base in Japan to replace 36 older F-16 jets.

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force said Wednesday it will offer refueling support to South Korean military planes for the first time, as an aerobatic team will make stopovers at a base in Okinawa in ...

The two countries are also planning a meeting between their defence ministers by the end of January. Read more at ...

Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met in Washington on January 15 to ...

Japan fighter aircraft were scrambled 448 times in the last nine months – a 14 percent decrease from the same timeframe last ...

Japan scrambled fighter jets to respond to Russian bombers, fighters and a surveillance plane at least four times this week ...

The South Korean air force’s demonstration team, the Black Eagles, will make a refueling stop on Okinawa for the first time.

The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) special flight team, the "Black Eagles," will make its first-ever stopover in Japan ...

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force said Wednesday that it will provide refueling support to a total of 10 planes of the South Korean Air Force at its Naha Air Base in the southernmost prefecture of ...

Driven by lessons from World War II and China’s expanding presence, Japan’s strategic orientation is pivoting eastward into the Pacific.

The ASDF said the refueling mission will involve a South Korean aerobatic team known as the Black Eagles, which will briefly ...