ASDF starts emergency inspections on nearly 200 training planes after crash

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 training aircraft after one of ...

Estimated cost to upgrade ASDF’s F-15s rises 150% to 1 trillion yen

The estimated cost of equipping the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15 fighter jets with “standoff missiles” capable of hitting ...
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ASDF fighter crashes off Ibaraki Prefecture

The sole pilot on board ejected from the aircraft and was taken to a hospital after being rescued by an ASDF helicopter. The pilot is not injured. “We sincerely apologize for causing concern to the ...
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Japan Ministry of Defense's Air Self-Defense Force Powers Cloud Content Management with Box

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Japan’s move to rename ASDF, extend security scope into space further hollows out pacifist constitution, exposes growing military ambitions: Chinese expert

People hold placards reading "No war" and "Stop constitutional revision, military expansion" during the Grand Constitution Rally 2026 to mark Constitution Memorial Day in Tokyo on May 3, 2026. Photo: ...
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What did the ASDF do there?

A unit of the Air-Self Defense Force has withdrawn from Iraq after completing its five-year-long transportation mission. Fortunately the ASDF unit suffered no casualties despite constant danger. Still ...