Japan has acquired U.S.-made F-35B stealth fighter jets that could operate from its aircraft carriers in the future.

A Russian military aircraft violated Japan's airspace three times today, September 23. As a result, a Japanese fighter jet fired a warning missile for the first time in history, Kyodo News reports ...

Such moves signal to Japan that China is willing to monitor and challenge Japanese activities in areas it considers to be its territory, analysts warn.

Understanding Japanese Technology Nearly every World War II history buff knows about Hitler’s jet powered warplane, the Messerschmitt Me 262. Indeed, it was the first operational jet fighter in ...

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) moved one step closer to officially operating an aircraft carrier after a United States Navy F-35B Lightning II landed on the JS Kaga (DDH-184) for ...

An advanced United States fighter jet has completed trials with a Japanese helicopter carrier undergoing conversion into a light aircraft carrier, it was announced on Thursday. The Japanese navy ...

The likelihood of a new country joining the British, Italian and Japanese project to develop a fighter jet is diminishing, ...

Chinese fighter jets made two close passes at Japanese intelligence aircraft again recently following similar incidents last ...

News In technical feat, the Navy’s F-35B fighter jet lands on Japanese aircraft carrier off San Diego The advance will help Japan to co-use one of the U.S.'s foremost military aircraft.

With an ear-splitting roar, a Marine F-35B fighter jet bolted off the deck of an aircraft carrier west of San Diego on Wednesday, wrapping up historic sea trials meant to ensure that the U.S. has ...

A Chinese fighter jet came within about 150 feet of a Japanese naval reconnaissance plane over the weekend, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Thursday, an action the US ambassador to Tokyo called ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that a Chinese J-15 fighter jet had made a peculiar approach to a Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft conducting surveillance over the Pacific.