The UK’s Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that a Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group is to visit Japan in 2025 as part of the flagship 2025 Indo-Pacific deployment. The… Continue reading "British Carrier Strike Group To Visit Japan in 2025"
The British Army and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force started the Vigilant Isles 23 exercise on November 15, the first joint exercise between the militaries conducted following the entry into… Continue reading "First UK-Japan Exercise Under Reciprocal Access Agreement Begins"
Following a meeting held in Manila on 3 November, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confirmed that the two countries are working towards a reciprocal… Continue reading "Japan and Philippines Negotiating Reciprocal Access Agreement"
Japanese seafood went on sale for the first time on a United States military base in Japan on October 31, with a shipment of scallops from Hokkaido going on sale… Continue reading "US Military Starts Purchasing Japanese Seafood In Response To China Ban"
Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency announced on Tuesday that it had conducted its first-ever test firing of an electromagnetic railgun from a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship at sea,… Continue reading "Japan Claims World’s First Railgun Test Firing At Sea"
Japan, which in recent years has significantly increased its defense budget in response to North Korea’s growing threat in the Asia-Pacific region and China’s military advances, is reportedly interested in… Continue reading "Japan Shows Interest in Turkey’s KARGU Kamikaze Drones"
The French Air and Space Force launched its first-ever joint exercise with Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force on Thursday with a ceremony at Nyutabaru Air Base. The start of the exercise… Continue reading "France And Japan Launch First-Ever Joint Air Force Exercise"
On Wednesday 14 June 2023, at around 9:10 AM local time, a shooting occurred at Hino basic firing range in Gifu City, Japan (which is located just North of Nagoya).… Continue reading "2 Killed in Shooting at Japanese Military Shooting Range"
The Royal Australian Air Force announced on April 29 that the service had successfully concluded its first air-to-air refueling trials with Japan Air Self-Defence Force F-15 Eagles. From March 29… Continue reading "Royal Australian Air Force Tanker Concludes First Refueling Trials With Japanese F-15s"
Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force has recovered the flight recorder of a UH-60JA that crashed with 10 people on board on April 6th in waters south of Okinawa. The flight recorder… Continue reading "Flight Recorder Of Crashed Japanese Blackhawk Recovered"