- September 17th, 2025
The USNS Guam offloaded a system that may reshape the military balance in the Western Pacific. Crated aboard the ship was the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), a highly mobile, ground-based anti-ship missile platform. Within weeks, Marines from the 12th...
On Sunday evening, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba made a stunning announcement: he would resign as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), effectively stepping down as Japan’s leader. The decision followed weeks of mounting pressure within his own...
Russian and Chinese submarines have conducted a coordinated joint patrol in the Sea of Japan, shifting their naval cooperation from the visible surface to the opaque depths of undersea warfare. This unprecedented maneuver followed Maritime Interaction/Joint Sea 2025, a bilateral...
Indo-Pacific: Japanese electronic warfare (EW) and radar specialists have reportedly become the latest foreign experts granted access by New Delhi to inspect debris from China’s PL-15 beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile. The fragments were recovered in northern India during the recent...
Japan has officially begun deploying its F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters as part of a high-profile exercise in the Philippine Sea. This deployment, the first operational use of Japan’s short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the fifth-generation jet,...
In a historic move that marks the most significant naval acquisition in Australian history—and the largest Japanese defense export deal since World War II—Australia has announced the procurement of 11 Mogami-class stealth frigates from Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). The deal, valued...
China’s premier stealth fighter, the Chengdu J-20 “Mighty Dragon,” has reportedly flown a mission over the Tsushima Strait without detection by either Japanese or South Korean radar systems. The implication, aired subtly yet unmistakably by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV in...
In Japan's evolving defense posture in a rapidly changing regional security landscape, the country is set to operationally deploy its first batch of F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jets to the southwestern region starting August 7, 2025. This marks a...
Hiroshima are once again stirring with the uneasy winds of memory. With the approach of August 6—the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing—voices that have long pleaded for disarmament are now echoing louder than ever. But this year, those voices...
On July 2, 2025, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) reached a significant milestone with the naming and launch of JS Tatsuta (FFM-11) at the Tamano Shipyard operated by Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding. The ceremony, attended by officials from the Ministry...
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