Japan scrambles fighter jets as a Chinese TB-001 drone and Y-9 aircraft approach Okinawa, raising Indo-Pacific tensions.

In the 1980s, Japan set out to build its own modern fighter jet, a symbol of its high-tech rise. Washington pressured Tokyo ...

The eleventh Joint Strategic Patrol announced by Russia and China saw Tu-95s, Tu-142s and H-6s escorted by Su-30SMs, Su-35s and J-16s in a six hour flight over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea.

The two-minute incursion into Japanese airspace by the Y-9 surveillance aircraft was the first by a Chinese military plane, local media reported – Copyright Japan ...

China’s Defense Ministry said the flight demonstrated the two countries’ “resolve and capability to jointly safeguard ...

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. strategic bombers joined a fleet of Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise meant to demonstrate their military cooperation around Japan's airspace, defense officials said ...

Japan's first three F-35B stealth fighter jets arrived Thursday at an air base in the south of the country, its latest move ...

Japan and South Korea lodged complaints through diplomatic channels after more than 10 Chinese and Russian military aircraft ...

The Chinese navy said earlier this week that Japanese ships and aircraft 'repeatedly engaged in close-range tracking, ...

The skies over Okinawa are often perilous, with sudden squalls complicating air traffic over this subtropical Japanese outpost. In recent months, the treacherous airspace has gotten even busier, with ...

Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two quasi-aircraft carriers. Eighty years ago, following its defeat in World War II, Japan ...

The United States Air Force did not announce the deployment of two B-52s to Japan, and it is unclear where the aircraft originated from. This week, two United States Air Force Boeing B-52H ...