Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force has come up with a new war plan in a culinary battle it is waging against its maritime counterpart. Despite its deep-fried chicken “karaage” recipe long failing to take ...

An Air Self-Defense Force training jet carrying two crew members crashed around a pond in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on May 14, Aichi prefectural police said. Rescue and emergency services have been ...

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 ...

Firefighters embark in a boat in Lake Iruka to conduct a search following the crash of a Self-Defense Forces aircraft, in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on May 14, 2025. (Mainichi/Kazuki ...

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 ...