Mitsubishi Electric announced the completion of the first air defense radar destined for the Philippines on Tuesday. Pre-export inspections for the radars were done, and going forward personnel from the… Continue reading "First Japanese Air Defense Radar For the Philippines Completed"
The war in Ukraine has proven to be an incredibly successful advertisement for the Turkish TB2 Bayraktar drone. With tons of recorded footage of Bayraktars in action destroying Russian vehicles,… Continue reading "Bayraktars Arriving in Somalia, Nigeria and Albania – Japan May be Next"
On Monday, the FSB declared that “a Japanese diplomat was detained red-handed while receiving classified information, in exchange for money, about Russia’s cooperation with another country in the Asia-Pacific region”.… Continue reading "Japan Accuses Russia of Blindfolding, Restraining and Forcibly Interrogating Top Diplomat"
On Sunday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that a short-range ballistic missile was fired from Northwestern North Korea’s North Phyongan Province. The missile accelerated to about Mach… Continue reading "North Korea Launches Missile Into the Sea of Japan as Kamala Harris Visits Tokyo and Seoul"
According to a recent government announcement, the Japanese Ministry of Defense will stop accepting military students from Myanmar for its training program from the 2023 fiscal year onward. Japan had… Continue reading "Japan Will Stop Accepting Military Students from Myanmar"
The 2022 edition of the Japan India Maritime Exercise 2022 (JIMEX2022) was conducted from September 11-17 in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. The sixth edition of the exercise,… Continue reading "Japan-India Maritime Exercise JIMEX 2022 Conducted With Nine Vessels and Aircraft"
On 14 September, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met his Japanese counterpart Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada in Washington. This is the first time Austin and Hamada met in person… Continue reading "Japan and US Agree to Expand Joint Counter-Hypersonic Weapons Research During High Level Meeting"
On Wednesday 7 September, Japanese Vice Defense Minister for International Affairs Oka Masami and South Korean Vice Defense Minister Shin Beom-chul met in Seoul to discuss trilateral cooperation between the… Continue reading "For the First time in Years, Japan and South Korea Hold Senior Level Defense Talks"
A report in a Japanese newspaper claims that China’s ambassador to Japan had rejected a summoning from Japan’s foreign ministry in early August, after five ballistic missiles launched during a… Continue reading "Report: Chinese Ambassador To Japan Rejected Summoning After August Ballistic Missile Drills"
According to Mainchi Shimbun, the Japan Ministry of Defense announced on August 31 that it will commission two Aegis-equipped surface combatants to replace the earlier plan of Aegis Ashore installations,… Continue reading "Japanese Defense Budget Expansion Includes Two 20,000 Ton Cruisers"