Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two ...

The Sōryū and Hiryū aircraft carriers remain lost to history, as their locations remain a mystery, but the others have been ...

Japan said on Sunday that Chinese fighter jets had directed fire-control radar at Japanese military aircraft in two “dangerous” incidents near Japan’s Okinawa islands, an account Beijing denied.

The future F-35A jet squadron on Hokkaido will be Japan's fifth unit operating the stealth aircraft, the defense ministry ...

Japan has protested to China after a Chinese military jet locked its radar on Japanese fighter jets near Okinawa. Japan's Defense Ministry says the incident happened Saturday and involved a ...

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese ...

Tensions between China and Japan escalated sharply after Chinese fighter jets reportedly targeted Japanese military aircraft ...

The Japanese defense minister on Sunday reportedly accused Chinese carrier-based aircraft of locking radar onto Japanese ...

Chinese fighter jets directed fire-control radar at Japanese aircraft over international waters near Japan's Okinawan islands ...

The Japanese defense ministry on Saturday reportedly claimed spotting the aircraft carrier Liaoning of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy near Japan. A Chinese military affairs expert ...

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday dismissed China's claim that Japanese Self-Defense Forces fighter jets ...

Fighter jets use their radar for fire control to identify targets as well as for search and rescue operations.