The Air Self-Defense Force is facing pressure to jettison its new aircraft logo amid criticisms from Ainu people indigenous to Hokkaido that it appropriates their culture. One Ainu group is ...

The estimated cost of equipping the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15 fighter jets with “standoff missiles” capable of hitting enemy bases has surged to more than 1 trillion yen ($6.7 billion), sources ...

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The sole pilot on board ejected from the aircraft and was taken to a hospital after being rescued by an ASDF helicopter. The pilot is not injured. "We sincerely apologize for causing concern to the ...

Jane Anlauf thought she was helping a worthy cause. When an organization called the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation (ASDF) called the 81-year-old Minnetonka woman in May, she agreed to solicit ...

An Air Self-Defense Force aircraft strayed off a runway and came to a halt at Niigata Airport at around 11:50 a.m. Friday. None of the five crew members aboard the U-125A search and rescue aircraft ...

Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) Chief of Staff Shunji Izutsu offers his view on the renaming of the ASDF on Dec. 20, 2022. (Mainichi/Toshiaki Uchihashi) TOKYO -- A top Japan Air Self-Defense Force ...

A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel conducts a search on the morning of Feb. 1, 2022, following the disappearance of the F-15 fighter over the Sea of Japan in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun ...

TOKYO, Aug 7, (Xinhua): A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) F2 fighter jet crashed on Thursday off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan during a training exercise, with the lone pilot ...