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  • SDF Planes Arrive in Djibouti for Sudan Evacuation

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Three Air Self-Defense Force transport planes have arrived in Djibouti for the ...

    April 23, 2023

  • Japan Dispatches 2 ASDF Transport Aircraft to Djibouti to Evacuate Japanese from Sudan

    The Defense Ministry announced Saturday that two Air Self-Defense Force aircraft had departed for D...

    April 22, 2023

  • Japan to Review Guidelines of Defense Export Framework

    The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito will begin discussions Tuesday...

    April 22, 2023

  • Japan Faces Difficult Decisions in Evacuating Its Citizens from Sudan

    The government’s plan to evacuate Japanese nationals from Sudan swung into full gear Friday as an A...

    April 21, 2023

  • ASDF Aircraft Heads for Djibouti to Evacuate Japanese from Sudan

    An Air Self-Defense Force C-130 cargo plane has left the Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture to Djib...

    April 21, 2023

  • 2 Bodies Identified 2 Weeks after Chopper Crash in Japan

    TOKYO, April 20 (Jiji Press) — Two bodies recovered after a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter cra...

    April 21, 2023

  • Preparations to Recover Lost GSDF Helicopter Could Start This Month

    Preparations for retrieving the wreckage of the Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that crashed of...

    April 20, 2023

  • Japan Orders Air Self-Defense Force Planes to Djibouti as Sudan Conflict Escalates

    As the situation in Sudan escalates, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Thursday morning ordered Ai...

    April 20, 2023

  • North Korea Claims to Complete First Spy Satellite

    SEOUL — North Korea has completed its first reconnaissance satellite, the official Korean Central Ne...

    April 19, 2023

  • ASDF Fighter Jets Scrambled Some 800 Times in FY22

    Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets scrambled 778 times in fiscal 2022 against foreign military airc...

    April 19, 2023

  • Sixth Body Likely from Missing Chopper Found

    Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)—A sixth body, apparently that of one of the 10 people aboard a Japanes...

    April 19, 2023

  • Search Continues for Missing GSDF Personnel

    Following the recovery of four bodies from waters near where a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter ...

    April 18, 2023

  • 2 Bodies Likely From Missing Japanese Copter Recovered

    MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa (Jiji Press) — Two bodies believed to be from a missing Ground Self-Defense For...

    April 17, 2023

  • North Korean Missile Launch Triggers J-Alert in Hokkaido

    North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile that fell into the Sea of Japan on Thursday morn...

    April 13, 2023

  • N. Korea Fires Ballistic Missile toward Sea of Japan

    TOKYO (Jiji Press)—North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Thursday, its fi...

    April 13, 2023

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