Japan’s move to rename ASDF, extend security scope into space further hollows out pacifist constitution, exposes growing military ambitions: Chinese expert

People hold placards reading "No war" and "Stop constitutional revision, military expansion" during the Grand Constitution ...

ASDF starts emergency inspections on nearly 200 training planes after crash

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 training aircraft after one of ...
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ASDF aircraft to fly to Djibouti as part of Sudan evacuation plans

Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on April 20 ordered an Air Self-Defense Force’s transport aircraft to fly to Djibouti in eastern Africa and stand by there to help evacuate Japanese citizens from ...
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Japan plans to rename ASDF, expand security scope to space: media

The Japanese government plans to rename the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) as the "Air and Space Self-Defense Force" within ...
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ASDF plane strays off runway at Niigata Airport

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 ...