Japan has acquired U.S.-made F-35B stealth fighter jets that could operate from its aircraft carriers in the future.

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) moved one step closer to officially operating an aircraft carrier after a United States Navy F-35B Lightning II landed on the JS Kaga (DDH-184) for ...

Japan raised strong caution against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity in extensive areas from around its southwestern coasts to the Pacific, describing the moves as the biggest strategic ...

The exercises, which caused Japan to express “ serious concerns,” were a template for how China could use a growing collection of aircraft carriers to project armed power into the Pacific and ...

News In technical feat, the Navy’s F-35B fighter jet lands on Japanese aircraft carrier off San Diego The advance will help Japan to co-use one of the U.S.'s foremost military aircraft.