TOKYO, Sept. 18 -- Joint Staff issued the following press release: At around 5:00 p.m., Saturday, September 13, 2025, JMSDF spotted PLAN Luyang-III-class DDG x 2 (hull number 132 and 135) sailing southeastward in the waters approximately 120 km northeast of Miyako-jima Island. These PLAN vessels continued to sail southeastward through the waters between Okinawa Main Island and Miyako-jima Island into the Pacific Ocean. At around 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 14, 2025, JMSDF spotted PLAN Jiangkai...
TOKYO, Sept. 17 -- Joint Staff issued the following press release: From A.M. to P.M., Saturday, September 13, 2025, JASDF spotted an aircraft over the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft was: Chinese UAV 1 presumed affiliation, type and number JASDF fighters conducted scramble to monitor the activity of the aircraft. ATTACHMENT: Overview of the aircraft's activity ABBREVIATIONS JASDF: Japan Air Self-Defense Force UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication...
TOKYO, Sept. 17 -- Joint Staff issued the following press release: From A.M. to P.M., Monday, September 15, 2025, JASDF spotted aircraft over the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft were: Chinese UAV 1 presumed affiliation, type and number Y-9 patrol aircraft 1 JASDF fighters conducted scramble to monitor the activity of these aircraft. ATTACHMENT: Overview of the aircraft's activity ABBREVIATIONS JASDF: Japan Air Self-Defense Force UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle Disclaimer: Curat...
TOKYO, Sept. 17 -- JMSDF issued the following news: The JMSDF conducted a bilateral exercise with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as described below in order to strengthen cooperation to realize a "Free and Open Indo-Pacific." 1. Objectives (1) To improve the JMSDF's tactical capabilities (2) To strengthen cooperation with the RAN 2. Period September 14 - 16 3. Exercise Area Western Pacific 4. Participating Units (1) JMSDF: JS KAGA (2) RAN: HMAS BRISBANE 5. Type of Exercise Tactical Exercise (A...
TOKYO, Sept. 17 -- Joint Staff issued the following press release: From A.M. to P.M., Saturday, September 13, 2025, JASDF spotted an aircraft over the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft was: - Chinese UAV x 1 presumed affiliation, type and number JASDF fighters conducted scramble to monitor the activity of the aircraft. ATTACHMENT: Overview of the aircraft's activity ABBREVIATIONS JASDF: Japan Air Self-Defense Force UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndi...
TOKYO, Sept. 17 -- Joint Staff issued the following press release: From A.M. to P.M., Monday, September 15, 2025, JASDF spotted aircraft over the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft were: - Chinese UAV x 1presumed affiliation, type and number Y-9 patrol aircraft x 1 JASDF fighters conducted scramble to monitor the activity of these aircraft. ATTACHMENT: Overview of the aircraft's activity ABBREVIATIONS JASDF: Japan Air Self-Defense Force UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle Disclaimer...
TOKYO, Sept. 17 -- National Diet Library issued the following news: A part of our collection of microfilm materials will be unavailable while being duplicated. Affected materials Approximately 9,338 microfilm reels of books, magazines, and newspapers at the Tokyo Main Library Dates affected October 1, 2025, to April 30, 2026 During this period, search results in the NDL Search for affected materials will have the designation "Work in progress". We apologize for any inconvenience caused by thi...
TOKYO, Sept. 16 -- JASDF issued the following news: On 15 September, F-15 fighters of 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 2nd Air Wing have departed their home Chitose Air Base to conduct the mission "Atlantic Eagles." Atlantic Eagles is the name of the JASDF's first challenge to bring our fighters to North America and Europe. Our F-15 Eagles are to spread their wings in the Atlantic. This mission is to symbolize the recognition of JASDF that the security of Euro-Atlantic and of the Indo-Pacific a...
TOKYO, Sept. 16 -- JASDF issued the following news: The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), together with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), conducted bilateral training with the U.S. Forces (USF) to enhance the rescue response capabilities of the Japan-U.S. Alliance. The details are as follows: 1. Purpose To strengthen rescue response capabilities and tactical skills through cooperation between the JMSDF and the JASDF, as well as to enhance the Japan-U.S. bilateral response capa...
TOKYO, Sept. 16 -- JASDF issued the following news: On 15 September, F-15 fighters of 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 2nd Air Wing have departed their home Chitose Air Base to conduct the mission "Atlantic Eagles." Atlantic Eagles is the name of the JASDF's first challenge to bring our fighters to North America and Europe. Our F-15 Eagles are to spread their wings in the Atlantic. This mission is to symbolize the recognition of JASDF that the security of Euro-Atlantic and of the Indo-Pacific a...