TOKYO - As Japanese defense officials move to upgrade a military training infrastructure hard-pressed to produce F-35 pilots, ...

Japan is converting two helicopter carriers into its first aircraft carriers since World War II, which will be deployed with the F-35B jets.

The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) has strengthened the force posture along its northern coastline by initiating the ...

Last week, Lockheed Martin proposed building a hybrid F-22 Raptor/F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for Japan. The jet, possibly to be known as F-3, would be the most advanced jet fighter in the world.

A Japanese F-35 fighter crashed into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, raising questions about reliability and security of the most expensive weapons system ever made. The stealth jet disappeared from ...

Japan intends to station the first batch of its ... The B variant of the now very popular F-35 is a STOVL (Short Take Off and Vertical Landing) platform, which allows the pilot to take off and ...

For cockpit instrumentation, Japanese scientists are considering ditching the traditional ‘Head’s Up Display in favor of an F-35 style Helmet Mounted Display system combined with a single ...

Japan has decided to buy a total of 147 F-35 jets. Out of these, 105 are the F-35A model, which takes off and lands like regular jets. The other forty-two are F-35Bs, which can land vertically ...

The US landed an F-35 stealth fighter on Japan's new aircraft carrier for the first time. US and Japanese forces are integrating the short-takeoff/vertical landing F-35B onto the JS Kaga.

The (JPO) announces that Graham Rowell, the F-35 JPO Japan program manager, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, ...

Additionally, Misawa Air Base in northern Japan will get 48 F-35A Lightning II aircraft to replace 36 F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. Pentagon officials also announced that they will "modify ...

FILE - This photo shows Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-35A stealth jet in Misawa Air Base in Misawa, northeastern Japan, on May 28, 2018. Two Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jets made emergency ...