The Maritime Self-Defense Force is conducting tests to determine if there are issues with such aircraft taking off from the ...

Due to the ongoing dispute over the Kuril Islands, Japan has been in a formal state of tension with Russia for years. The ...

Photos show a US F-35B operating on Japan's newly converted destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier off the Californian coast.

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter has for the first time operated aboard Japan’s biggest in-service warship, the ...

U.S. military's F-35B stealth fighter jet has made the first landing on the Japanese destroyer Kaga in waters off San Diego, ...

A U.S. fifth-generation fighter jet landed on a Japanese helicopter destroyer this week, bringing Japan one step closer to ...

Japan, due to the ongoing dispute over the Kuril Islands, has remained technically at war with Russia for several years. The ...

In a technical advance off San Diego, a Navy F-35B strike fighter landed on a Japanese aircraft carrier for the first time ...

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has carried out its first test landing of fighter jet on its largest destroyer, the Kaga. The vessel has been modified into a de facto aircraft carrier.

Fighter aircraft have landed aboard Japan’s newest aircraft carrier for the first time. A Lockheed Martin F-35B from the US Navy’s (USN’s) Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 successfully landed ...

The Kaga’s flight deck was modified to be used as a “Lightning Carrier” and operate this version of the stealth fighter, as Japan awaits the delivery of its F-35B aircraft and studies its ...