North Korea warns U.S. military buildup in Japan risks clash

N. Korea said an expanded U.S. military command in Japan made a regional clash increasingly likely and justified its nuclear ...
Forbes

The Japanese Air Force Is Arming Its F-15 Fighters With Cruise Missiles—Turning Them Into Fighter-Bombers

The Japanese air force is transforming up to half of its 201 Boeing F-15J air-superiority fighters into deep-striking fighter-bombers. For the defensively-oriented Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the ...
Stars and Stripes

US Forces Japan general says command overhaul already paying dividends

Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost said Joint Exercise Rescue — a four-day command post drill — demonstrated capabilities USFJ ...
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Japan sends air force to NATO bases as threats emerge on multiple fronts

Japan—a key United States ally—sent its air force to North America and Europe to strengthen cooperation with NATO amid threats from Russia, China and North Korea. Newsweek has emailed the Russian and ...
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Japan set out to build its own fighter jet. America forced it to copy the F-16, then refused to hand over the code to fly it

In the 1980s, at the height of its economic power, Japan set out to build something it had not built since World War II: its own modern fighter jet, designed and made in Japan, a symbol of a country ...
The Diplomat

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Says It Will Conduct First-Ever Joint Exercise With South Korean Marine Corps

Philippine Marines and Republic of Korea special reconnaissance Marines load into a combat rubber raiding craft during training with U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine ...