Japan plans to expand the number of bases hosting advanced F-35A stealth fighter jets amid neighboring countries’ military activities and air power modernization efforts. Chitose Air Base on Hokkaido, ...

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

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

The government is stalling on signing the contract for developing a new fighter jet with Japan and Italy. According to a plan agreed by the three countries, the contract was to have been signed in ...

Fighter jets appearing in a nation's airspace can cause concern for civilians, but it's usually nothing to worry about. Oftentimes, unit movements are training exercises, which can be crucial training ...

Germany, France and Spain have put their project on hold, prompting speculation that some may turn to the Japan-UK-Italy programme Japan's Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), its next-generation ...

The diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo escalated on Saturday after a Chinese fighter jet trained its radar on Japanese aircraft. Both sides gave conflicting accounts of the incident, which ...

The US and China are considered the two strongest candidates for sixth-generation fighter jet programs, although many European countries are also striving to develop this type of weapon.