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 ...

Crew of an Air Self-Defense Force jet believed to have crashed in a pond in Aichi Prefecture on May 14 did not report abnormalities or eject from the aircraft, Defense Ministry sources said. Rescue ...

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 ...

The Air Self-Defense Force confirmed on Thursday that the remains recovered from a training plane crash last week were those of two crew members. The ASDF's T-4 training aircraft crashed near a lake ...

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 ...

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 ...