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March 8, 2023

Congress Notified of Potential $1.4B E-2D Hawkeye Sale to Japan

USNI News: The State Department issued a notification of the potential sale of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft

March 7, 2023

Japan Doubling Defense R&D Budget, Establishing New Railgun Project

National Defense: Japan’s Ministry of Defense will be nearly doubling its research and development expenditures starting the next fiscal year

March 7, 2023

USS John Finn joins Task Force 71 in Japan

Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) arrived in its new forward-deployed location

March 6, 2023

Japan to update homegrown missile for nuclear plant, island defense

Nikkei Asia: Japan plans to introduce a new homegrown missile capable of intercepting ballistic missiles and hypersonic glide weapons by

February 24, 2023

U.S., Japan, Republic of Korea Conduct Trilateral Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise

US INDOPACOM: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Barry (DDG 52) conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in the

February 23, 2023

U.S., Japan, Republic of Korea Conduct Trilateral Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise

USINDOPACOM: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Barry (DDG 52) conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in the Sea

February 17, 2023

Japan aborts launch of flagship rocket carrying experimental defence sensor

Glasgow Times: The countdown had started, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) livestream and TV footage showed white smoke

February 15, 2023

Japan Says Past Aerial Objects Likely Chinese Spy Balloons

The Defense Post: A fresh analysis of unidentified aerial objects that flew over Japan’s airspace in recent years “strongly” suggests

February 8, 2023

US military not ready to deploy missiles to Japan, country’s defense ministry says

Stars and Stripes: The United States is not ready to deploy a variety of new missiles in Japan, contrary to

January 27, 2023

Japan launches intel satellite to watch North Korea, disasters

Defense News: Japan successfully launched a rocket Thursday carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at