Kadena Air Base has hosted American fighter aircraft from the U.S. mainland, Alaska, Hawaii and Germany since November 2022.

China has been moving strategically in response to the latest spat with Japan, with a view of reshaping the world order in ...

The government, under U.S. pressure for a military increase, pledged to achieve the 2% target by March, two years earlier ...

F or nigh on 1,000 years, the Japanese pirates have wreaked havoc…they respect only force, and their hearts are bursting with ...

Japan ’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming fiscal ...

Fighter in service for more than a decade often patrols potential conflict hotspots including the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.

The drills began 11 days after the U.S. announced a record $11.1 billion arms package to Taiwan and are Beijing's largest ...

On 9 December 2025, at Tsuiki Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), at least 16 F-2 fighter aircraft were ...

China’s intensified military drills near Japan and Taiwan have triggered a rare show of force from Tokyo, with Japan ...

China’s military also sent warships and aircraft during a second day of exercises designed to show its ability to claim the ...

According to the Japanese government, China has committed what is considered one of the most threatening acts by a military aircraft by directing a ‘radar lock’ on two Japanese fighter jets near Japan ...