A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Kawasaki T-4 aircraft with the 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron takes off during the Nyutabaru Aviation Training Relocation (ATR) at JASDF Nyutabaru Air Base, ...

However, Japan next needs to think clearly about how to replace its Kawasaki T-4 intermediate jet trainers, more than 200 of which entered service from 1988. With the JASDF now flying fifth-generation ...

When issuing a request for information last October, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) got the ball rolling on finding a replacement platform for its aging Kawasaki T-4 intermediate jet ...

Tokyo is studying options to succeed two Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) trainers, the Fuji T-7 basic trainer and the Kawasaki T-4 intermediate jet trainer.

In 2023, Leonardo also pitched its M-346 jet trainer to Japan to replace Tokyo’s Kawasaki T-4 trainers after Japanese pilots were dispatched to train on the M-346 in Italy.

Japan is looking to replace some 160 Kawasaki T-4 trainers. Credit: Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo TOKYO—Boeing believes that Japan's jet trainer program is large enough for it to develop and ...

Japan is looking to replace its fleet of Kawasaki T-4 jet trainers. Credit: Macky Albor/Alamy Stock Photo Tokyo is flexing its defense export muscles as it looks to secure a share of the booming ...

One Kawasaki T-4 single seat jet trainer that performed the sniffer mission later landed at Hyakuri Air Base, where it was greeted by Japan Air Self Defense Force personnel in radioactive ...

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Kawasaki T-4 aircraft with the 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron takes off during the Nyutabaru Aviation Training Relocation (ATR) at JASDF Nyutabaru Air Base, ...