Japan • Page 28 of 33

Dec- 2020 -

9 December

AEGIS-equipped Japan Maritime Self-Defense destroyer JMSDF Myoko

Japan Weighs Ships for Aegis Missile Defense System

Japan will build two ships equipped with Aegis missile interceptors after public opposition forced the government to scrap deployment of a costly land-based system, the country's defense minister said.

Nov- 2020 -

12 November

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Biden Reassures Asian Allies on Defense Commitments

US President-elect Joe Biden rang round allies in Asia, reaffirming mutual-defense pacts thrown in doubt by the current White House.

3 November

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

India Hosts Key Naval Exercise with Eye on China

India, Australia, Japan, and the United States started a strategic navy drill Tuesday in the Bay of Bengal, with all four countries keeping a wary eye on China's growing military power.

Sep- 2020 -

30 September

Asia Pacific

Aerial performance of Japan's Self-Defense Force

Staff Writer With AFP

Japan’s Military Seeks Record $52 Billion Budget

Japan's defense ministry requested a record $52-billion budget maintain military readiness under pressure from China and North Korea.

11 September

Asia Pacific

Japan Air Self Defence Forces' Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor missile launcher. File photo: AFP

Staff Writer With AFP

Japan’s Abe Urges Stronger Defenses to Face Missiles

Japan must strengthen its ballistic missile defenses, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, a potentially controversial proposition given the country's pacifist constitution, which limits its military capabilities.

Jul- 2020 -

10 July

Business

Staff Writer With AFP

US Approves Sale of 105 F-35 Stealth Fighters to Japan

The United States announced that it has approved the sale of 105 F-35 stealth aircraft to Japan for an estimated $23.11 billion.

Jun- 2020 -

25 June

Asia Pacific

Aegis Baseline 9.B2.0 seamlessly demonstrated an operational test engagement of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM)

Staff Writer With AFP

Japan Confirms Scrapping US Aegis Ashore Missile Defence System

Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile system, days after saying the programme had been suspended.

Dec- 2019 -

27 December

Middle East

Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force P-3C Orion in Japan

Staff Writer With AFP

Japan to send military assets to the Gulf but won’t join US coalition

Japan will send a military vessel and two patrol planes to help protect waterways in the Middle East but will not join a US-led coalition in the region

2 December

Asia Pacific