TOKYO, Sept. 18 -- JASDF issued the following news: 1. Place (1) The United Kingdom (London and Coningsby) (2) The Federal Republic of Germany (Berlin, Laage, and Holtzdorf) 2. Period From Sep 21 to Sep 26, 2025 3. Purpose To deepen mutual understanding and enhance defense cooperation and exchanges with the Royal Air Force and the German Air Force by conducting bilateral talks with the Chief of Air Staff of the Royal Air Force and conducting a joint base visit to a UK air base, as well as respo...
TOKYO, Sept. 18 -- Joint Staff issued the following press release: At around 7:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 9, 2025, JMSDF spotted RFN Vishnya-class AGI x 1 (hull number 208) sailing southwestward in the waters approximately 50 km east of Miyake-jima Island. The RFN AGI sailed southward in the contiguous zone of Miyake-jima Island and continued to sail southwestward in the contiguous zone between Mikurajima Island and Hachijo-jima Island. Subsequently, from September 13 to 15, the vessel sailed ...
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...