Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force has come up with a new war plan in a culinary battle it is waging against its maritime counterpart. Despite its deep-fried chicken “karaage” recipe long failing to take ...

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 ...

Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) Chief of Staff Shunji Izutsu offers his view on the renaming of the ASDF on Dec. 20, 2022. (Mainichi/Toshiaki Uchihashi) TOKYO -- A top Japan Air Self-Defense Force ...

The Air Self-Defense Force is facing pressure to jettison its new aircraft logo amid criticisms from Ainu people indigenous to Hokkaido that it appropriates their culture. One Ainu group is ...

Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jets have arrived at an air base in Germany for defense exchanges. Two F-15s landed at Laage Air Base in northeastern Germany on Tuesday. The aircraft belong ...

The Air Self-Defense Force confirmed on Thursday that the remains recovered from a training plane crash last week were those of two crew members. The ASDF's T-4 training aircraft crashed near a lake ...

Outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday expressed condolences to the families of Self-Defense Forces personnel who ...

TOKYO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The Tokyo District Court on Monday found a former Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) chief guilty of making illegal payments to his campaign staff ahead of a failed attempt to ...

TOKYO, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Flights of Japan’s grounded fleet of Air Self-Defense Force F-35A stealth fighter jets resumed on Thursday for the first time since a fatal crash of one of the jets in April, ...