Japan

MRO Japan’s base in Okinawa includes firsts and sets it up for potential growth.

Washington has cleared the way for Japan to acquire more extended-range Lockheed Martin AGM-158B/B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM-ER).

The GCAP member countries have made rapid progress to prepare for development, but UK lawmakers say challenges remain in keeping the project on track.

The Pentagon’s V-22 fleet has seen multiple groundings and ongoing limitations to operations.

Members of the UK Parliamentary Defense Select Committee say the project will need to avoid the mistakes made by previous programs such as the Eurofighter.

The investment is part of a larger strategic capital and business alliance with Toyota aimed at the “mass production of rockets.”

The U.S. State Department has approved a $3.6 billion AIM-120 Amraam package to Japan, in what will be one of the largest foreign exports of the missile.

Private lunar lander developer ispace is headquartered in Tokyo but has established subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe.

Concerns about China’s muscular foreign policy are driving its neighbors to strengthen their military arsenals.

A perilous threat environment has prompted increased defense spending outside the U.S. and the construction of new multinational supply chains.

With Tokyo awarding contracts to build two new Aegis System Equipped Vessels, Lockheed Martin believes there are still details to be ironed out about the new SPY-7 Aegis destroyer.

JCAS Airways initially plans to operate two routes from Osaka’s Kansai International Airport using ATR 72-600 aircraft.

The memorandum of understanding is part of Thailand’s “National Space Experiment and Exploration” program.

Texas-based Lift will license its branded fixed-location recreational eVTOL facilities to Japanese trading giant Marubeni.

Archer has agreed to a conditional, deposit-backed deal to sell up to 100 Midnight air taxis to Soracle.

Joby Aviation has completed the first flight of its electric air taxi in Japan at Toyota’s Higashi-Fuji Technical Center in Shizuoka.

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force has grounded its fleet of Bell Boeing V-22 Ospreys following a hard landing incident.

Japan has launched a project to flight demonstrate robust low-boom design technology.

A new defense market reality is emerging in the country as Tokyo seeks to increase its exports.

The CP-12 mission is led by Draper Laboratory, and the APEX 1.0 lunar lander is being developed by Ispace Technologies U.S.

NATO and Japan entered the Individually Tailored Partnership Program in July 2023 to cover 16 cooperation areas.

These domains are some of the pillars that are highlighted in Japan’s Defense White Paper to meet the evolving threat landscape.

Korean Air is further boosting its Japanese network in the fourth quarter, as its flights to this market exceed pre-pandemic levels.

The 2025 Osaka World Expo has been promoted as an early opportunity for paying passengers to fly on electric air taxis, but this is now in doubt.

The U.S. and Japan have chosen Northrop Grumman to continue development of a new long-range hypersonic defense system known as the glide phase interceptor.