Four F-35B Lightning II fighter jets conducted flight operations on the JS Kaga, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s ...

During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew ...

The F-35B jet is designed to operate from ships without full-length flight decks, including the Japanese aircraft carrier JS Kaga.

Since World War II, Japan has avoided major military expansion, leaving its air fleet aging as China and Russia advance their ...

Tension between Japan and China has escalated over the new Japanese leader's suggestion Tokyo could intervene militarily if ...

A BRAND new Chinese aircraft carrier has strengthened Xi Jinping’s hand just as a row has erupted over the future of Taiwan.

Japanese and South Korean government sources have told NHK that Seoul notified Tokyo of its intention to call off a joint ...

TOKYO: Japan said on Tuesday (Nov 25) it scrambled aircraft after detecting a suspected Chinese drone off an island near ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said Thursday ...

TOKYO — 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. Japan's ...