2020

Japan sets record $52 billion military budget with stealth jets, long-range missiles –

Japan releases record-high budget –

F/X, Japan’s Next Generation Stealth Fighter Will Have F-35 “DNA’  –

Japan going ahead with F-X fighter jet –

Is Japan Immune From China’s Media Influence Operations –

Civilian Participation in National Defense –

Japan to develop new long-range missiles –

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force Revitalization –

Japan Needs More F-35 Stealth Fighters, because of China –

Japan’s Plan for a Stealth 6th Generation Fighter Jet, F-X –

Japan’s Next Stealth Fighter, An  F-22 & F-35 Combination –

Japanese universities’ ties to China’s military linked schools sparks concern –

A Test of Japan-South Korea Relations –

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force –

Japan’s F-35s are Set to Become Even Deadlier –

Japan launches first ship of new frigate class –

Japan’s Cyber Defense –

Japan to review drone security in check against China –

Japan Might Build ‘Super’ Destroyers –

Japan’s F-X Stealth Fighter Program Could Have F-35 DNA –

Japan’s New F-35s Are Training for a War with China –

The U.S. and Japan Are Holding Joint F-35 Trainings –

Japan Wants a New Stealth Fighter to Fly with the F-35 –

American troops could be sent to ‘defend the Senkaku Islands’ –

Japan to help ASEAN states secure coasts amid South China Sea tensions –

U.S., Japan launch military exercise –

Japan and U.S. begin major military exercise as concern about China grows –

Japan to export defense tech to Vietnam –

Japan unveils new submarine in face of China’s growing assertiveness –

Taigei-Class, Japan’s New Submarines Are Something Special –

Japan launches first of its new class of submarines –

Japan Launches New Submarine Class –

Japan checks on Chinese students amid fears of campus spying –

Japan Unveils Record $52 Billion Military Budget, Thanks to China and North Korea –

Japan Could Buy More F-35s to Send to Additional Bases –

US and Japanese forces will practice island amphibious landings together –

Challenges for Japan’s Amphibious Capability –

Japan to decide on Aegis Ashore alternative –

Japan is bolstering its electronic warfare capabilities –

The Japan-China Summit Telephone Conference –

Resetting Japan-Russia Relations –

Prime Minister Suga Charts Japan’s Next Course –

Japan’s Ballistic Missile Defense –

Japan reveals record high budget request eyeing hypersonic tech, F-35s and more –

Is Japan’s Defense Industry in Decline –

Japan proposes $51 billion defense budget citing increased threats –

Reforming Japan’s Ballistic Missile Defense –

A National Security Strategy for New Japanese Prime Minister Suga –

Japan, Dealing with North Korea’s Growing Missile Threat –

Japan wants joint US-Japan military drills near contested Senkaku islands –

New Japanese Strike Weapons Could Spark An Asian Arms Race –

Japan’s Suga Will Struggle to Pull off Abe’s Defense –

Japan’s geopolitical balancing act just got harder –

Japanese F-35s to Be Armed With Long-Range Standoff Missiles by 2022 –

How Strong Are the Ropes That Bind the Japanese Military –

A More Assertive China Drives Japan to Respond in Kind –

Can Japan Continue To Grow Into The Military Ally The U.S. Needs –

Japan’s Next Prime Minister Will Continue to Grow Self-Defense Force, Military Ties with U.S. –

Japan, US agree to work towards establishing new missile defense system –

Shinzo Abe Is Resigning, What Does This Mean for North Korea –

Japan and cyber capabilities –

The Abe Era Ends, Cheering China, Concerning America –

China, Japan and Critical ‘Best Before’ Date –

Japan Rethinking How to Counter Chinese, North Korean Missile Threats –

Japan’s Reset Raises Questions Over Big Programs –

Japan Rethinks Its Approach to Arms Deals With the United States –

The Critical 6 Months for US-Japan Defense Cooperation –

Who Would Win a U.S.-Japan vs. China War –

Japan’s Rethink of Aegis Ashore Could Tie Up Navy –

Why Japan scrapped a $4.2bn US missile system –

Japan may scrap plan to buy U.S. Global Hawk planes –

How Japan Talks About Security Threats –

Japan air assault: Chinese bombers flying towards airspace up to twice a day –

Japan’s Legal Response in the Grey Zone –

Japan’s Policy on Strike Capability –

How Japan Is Responding to China’s Increasingly Close Air Patrols –

Will Japan Pursue a Strike Capability in Lieu of Aegis Ashore –

Japan Sortieing More Jets During Heightened Senkaku Tensions

If Japan Expands Submarine Fleet to 30, It Will Shape The Pacific’s Undersea Defenses

Securing Japan from Chinese ‘Predatory Economics’

Japan highlights F-35 acquisition, military ops in new whitepaper

Why Japan’s Soryu-class Stealth Submarines Are So Deadly

US, Japan Begin Northern Viper Military Exercise

New high-voltage power plant in Japan can support Navy’s electric stealth destroyers

PM Abe Vows to Boost Nation’s Role in U.S. Alliance

The US-Iran Crisis and Japan’s Response

Japan and the Indo-Pacific

Abe says new unit will defend Japan from space tech threats

To Infinity and Beyond: Japan’s Rise as a Space Power

Japan is Getting Its Own Space Force

Risks to the Japan-China ‘Tactical Détente’

Japanese Defense Minister Tours Aegis Ashore Test Site in Hawaii

Japan’s Security Choices in an Uncertain East Asia

US-Iran Tensions An Opening for Japan’s Leadership in the Middle East

Japan and Myanmar’s Toxic Friendship

Japan-Southeast Asia Relations in the Indo-Pacific

Tokyo Orders Deployment of Naval Assets to Middle East Waters

North Korea Criticizes Japan for False Missile Alert

Japan to Continue Assembling F-35A Fighter Jets at Home