Japanese-American maneuvers and exercises in the Pacific Ocean
In the Philippine Sea the 8900-ton displacement ship of the Osumi class joined the Americans to practice various…
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China warns Japan with a naval exercise in the Osumi Strait
Chinese navy has significantly improved its capabilities for military operations in the far sea and that the…
Will the Kuril Islands ignite a new conflict between Japan and Russia?
Against the background of international attention in other hot spots around the world (Ukraine, Syria, Libya, the…
Japan wants US nuclear weapons, Russia promised to respond
News from last week remained a bit in countries of international news exchange. The United States and Japan are…
US troops remain in Japan, Biden and Suga have agreed
After years of behind-the-scenes deals between the two countries' predecessors, Biden and Suga have agreed to sign…
Japan invests $150M in a new plane to ‘burn’ enemy electronics
Approximately $ 150 million will invest the Land of the Rising Sun in developing a new aircraft for conducting…
Japanese submarine hit a ship, there is serious damage
Japanese submarine JS Soryu hit the bottom of the Hong Kong-registered ship Ocean Artemis with a pavilion, learned…
Japan to have unmanned attack fighter jet in 2035, MoD said
The Japanese Ministry of Defense is planning significant investments in its air force. According to Junnosuke…
Japan may lose Hokkaido due to aggression against Russia, China says
Japan may lose Hokkaido Island if it does not stop provocations near the Russian borders. These conclusions voiced…
New long-range anti-ship missiles will be developed in Japan
According to publications in the Japanese press, the plan was already approved by the Japanese government. The new…
Lockheed and Mitsubishi will make the new Japanese fighter of the future
Lockheed Martin has been chosen as a significant partner of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in the Japanese F-X fighter…
10 years later: Russia, China, USA and Japan will hold joint naval exercises
The Russian Naval Forces ships will conduct exercises with NATO countries off Pakistan's coast for the first time…
Japan will have ‘invisible’ missiles for their fifth-generation F-35 fighters
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace announced that it had signed a contract with Japan worth NOK 820 million for the…
‘Sayonara Phantom’ – Japan retired its last F-4EJ supersonic fighter jets
Japan's Air Force officially retired its last Phantom fighter jets on November 20 with a live broadcast ceremony.…
Next-generation Kumano stealth frigate is now part of the Japanese fleet
It was from a tweet that BulgarianMilitary.com learned that Japan already has a second frigate, Kumano, which was…
Japanese self-defense fleet has acquired five new ‘submarine hunters’
BulgarianMilitary.com learned through a post on the official Twitter account of the Japanese Navy that the Land of…
Mitsubishi was chosen to make the next generation Japanese fighter jet
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been designated as the prime contractor for the Japanese F-X's next-generation…
Japan: the American Army will help in case of conflict over Senkaku islands
In the background of the ongoing US-Japanese military exercises with the participation of the Canadian ship,…
Japan and US unite against China and Russia
The governments of Japan and the United States will work together to prepare a missile detection and tracking…
Top 5 most powerful Air Force in the world for 2020
The American military-political publication National Interest has presented a list of the five most formidable air…
Japan received the second Bell/Boeing MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor
At the Kisarazu airbase , the ceremony of handing over the second MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor to the Japanese…
Japan will produce F-35s and become a center for next-gen fighter jets
The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that the responsibility for the construction of the next-generation…
Will Tokyo pay more for the deployment of US troops in the Land of the Rising Sun?
The expected appointment of Donna Welton to the position of the head of the department of negotiations and…
Howa 5.56 – the assault rifle of the Japanese army shrouded in mystery
Indeed, the rifle has been in service for quite a long time and, if not physically, then morally, it is certainly…
Washington is ready to supply Tokyo with more than 100 F-35 fighters
The US State Department approved the potential sale of 105 fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets and related equipment…
India sent a clear signal to China by conducting a joint naval exercises with Japan
Joint naval exercises of India and Japan are a strategic signal for China, said Rajaram Panda, a researcher in the…
Japan: AEGIS Ashore complexes cannot intercept ballistic and cruise missiles
Japanese authorities have decided to cancel the plan to deploy US-made AEGIS Ashore missile defense systems in…
Powerful explosions thundered in two military US bases in Japan and Syria
At the US Air Force Base "Kadena", located in Japan, a powerful explosion occurred, which injured at least 8 US Air…
Trump blackmailed Japan by withdrawing US troops from the region, Bolton said
The US president Donald Trump has blackmailed Japan by withdrawing US troops from the region if they if they do…
Japan refuses to deploy US air missile defense systems on its territory
In addition, the Japanese military doubts that the starting engine, which separates when starting, is guaranteed…
Using of satellites makes F-35 stealth fighter visible to everyone
A military expert serving as an adviser to the three prime ministers of Japan noted that stealth fighters can be…
Japan’s national defense is under threat after a hacker attack
Information related to the communication networks used by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces could be stolen by…
Japan also created space forces to counter China and Russia in space
They plan to turn a small unit into a large structure in the future. The publication emphasizes that an important…
It’s possible data leak on the new Japanese hypersonic missile
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has launched an investigation into a possible missile exploitation leak following…
Japan is replacing its major battle tanks with wheeled tank destroyers
The Japanese Self-Defense program to replace the main battle tanks with wheeled tank destroyers continues, learned…
Japan released data on a promising hypersonic missile
Earlier, the Japanese announced the creation of two such complexes: the Hypersonic Cruising Missile (HCM)…
Japan intensifies fight with China over disputed islands
An island border guard force was created by Okinawa Prefecture Police to protect the disputed islands in the East…
Japan begins to develop a new own stealth fighter jet
A special group to develop the successor to the Japanese F-2 fighter was created by the Procurement, Technology and…
Japan put into service first submarine with lithium-ion batteries
Ouryu is the 11th in a series of Soryu-class submarines that have been put into service, but the first of them to…
Japan joins hypersonic weapons race
HCM is supposed to be equipped with a hypersonic ramjet engine, it will look like an ordinary rocket, but fly at a…
Japan launched spy satellite to monitor North Korea’s nuclear and missile sites
TOKYO, (BM) - Japan on Sunday launched the new Optical 7 reconnaissance satellite from Tanegashima Cosmodrome in…
Why Japan sent its military contingent to the Middle East?
TOKYO, (BM) - Japanese authorities deployed the Takanami missile destroyer to patrol the Gulf of Oman. This was…
Russian-Japanese joint exercises started in the Arabian Sea
TOKYO, (BM) - Russian-Japanese exercises started in the Arabian Sea, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting…
Russia sees threat of US strike missile deployment in Japan, Lavrov said
RUSSIA, (BM) - Moscow does not suspect Tokyo of having malicious intentions against Russia, but cannot but take…
Japan wants to defend itself against the North Korean version of Iskander
TOKYO, (BM) - In 2020, Japan plans to develop a national missile defense system capable of intercepting ballistic…
Japan might send military units in Middle East to collect intelligence data
TOKYO, (BM) - The Japanese government is working on a plan to send units of the Naval Self-Defense Forces to the…
Capt. Miho Otani became the first woman to take the helm of an Aegis destroyer
KYOTO, (BM) - Capt. Miho Otani on Monday became the first woman to take the helm of an Aegis destroyer, pledging…
Russia warned of a threat from the East – Japan can create 6,000 nuclear bombs
MOSCOW, (BM) - Japan can quickly enter the nuclear club. According to Chinese media, Tokyo can now produce…
The Japanese Navy Was Equipped with New Modern and Attacking Submarine
TOKYO, (BM) - Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has launched the second Soryu-class diesel-electric attack…
Japan Will Receive Follow-on Tech-Support of Its AEGIS Destroyers Totalling $140M
WASHINGTON, (BM) - The Government of Japan has requested to buy Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) sustainment and…
Japanese Armed Forces Will Test Finnish Armored Vehicle by Patria
TOKYO, (BM) - Patria’s armoured modular vehicle AMVXP has been chosen to a one-year field testing in Japan after a…
Japan Spends $3.3B for Ship Missile System
WASHINGTON, (BM) - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the…
Second Maya-class Destroyer for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
TOKYO, (BM) - Shipbuilding company Japan Marine United (JMU) Corporation launched the second of two Maya (Improved…
Japan: Spatial Disorientation Likely Caused One of Its F-35 Pilots to Hitting the Water
TOKYO, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Japan’s air force said on Monday “spatial disorientation” likely caused one of…
Northrop Completed Its First Delivery of an E-2D Hawkeye to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force
TOKYO (BGN) - Northrop Grumman Corporation completed its first delivery of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to the…
South Korea Buys U.S. Missiles for $314 Million, Japan Also Wants to Buy
SEOUL, South Korea (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The U.S. State Department has cleared $314 million (£247 million) in…
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force Confirmed that a Missing F-35A has Crashed
TOKYO, Japan (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Japan Air Self-Defense Force confirmed Wednesday morning local time…
Japan Is to Receive a Second KC-46 Tanker from Boeing
EVERETT, Washington, the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Earlier this week, 10th December 2018, Boeing revealed that…
GA-ASI Is in Search of Partnerships in Japan
SAN DIEGO/TOKYO (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems,…
Japan is on the Way of Boasting about its First F-35 Operational Unit
TOKYO, Japan (BulgarianMilitary.com) — As reported by a senior official with Japan’s F-35 program, Japan is on the…
Another Successful Test of the Japanese Aegis Destroyer Atago
WASHINGTON, the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com), 13 September 2018, Editor: Bm Team, Photo credit: MC2 Jon Dasbach, US…
Japan May Receive up to Nine Early-Warning Aircraft
WASHINGTON, D.C., the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com), 11 September 2018, Editor: Galina Zdravkova, Photo credit: John…
The First of Two 27DDG Destroyers Ordered by Japan Is Launched
TOKYO, Japan (BulgarianMilitary.com), 1 August 2018, Editor: Galina Zdravkova, Photo credit: the Japan Maritime…
Washington, Seoul and Tokyo began two-day joint military exercises
Amphibious assault vehicles of the South Korean Marine Corps throw smoke bombs as they move to land on shore during…
Russia confronts Tokyo over defence alliance with Washington, US
Russia is concerned that Japan could be allowing Washington to use its territory as a base for the US military in…
Japan Needs Long-Range Strike Capabilities
There is a term to describe the mindset of Japanese people who put so much faith in Japan’s peace constitution that…
