Date Title
12 Apr 2021 Number of JASDF scrambles drops 23% in FY 2020/21
07 Apr 2021 Japan postpones plans to integrate its F-15 fighters with stand-off missiles
06 Apr 2021 Japan mulls operating F-35Bs from JASDF base near remote southwestern islands
30 Mar 2021 MHI, Thales to collaborate on sonar technologies for use on MCM AUVs
30 Mar 2021 JGSDF forms new EW unit to defend Japan’s southern remote islands
29 Mar 2021 Tokyo urged to increasingly focus on high-power microwave- and laser-based weapons
29 Mar 2021 MHI to take over Mitsui E&S’s shipbuilding business
25 Mar 2021 North Korea resumes ballistic missile launches after one-year hiatus
24 Mar 2021 Japan commissions 12th and final Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine
19 Mar 2021 JMSDF commissions second Maya-class guided-missile destroyer
16 Mar 2021 Japan commissions third Awaji-class minesweeper
16 Mar 2021 Japan ‘resolved’ to enhance its defence capabilities and deepen alliance with US
04 Mar 2021 Japan commissions third Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship
03 Mar 2021 Japan’s MHI launches second 3,900 tonne-class multirole frigate for JMSDF
26 Feb 2021 JGSDF receives third MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft
22 Feb 2021 Japan signs USD57.6 million contract for 51 upgraded RIM-116C missiles
22 Feb 2021 JASDF lieutenant and USAF instructor die in USAF T-38 crash
18 Feb 2021 Japan, US agree to maintain cost of HNS agreement for a year
17 Feb 2021 JSDF to acquire four transport vessels to defend remote islands
11 Feb 2021 Japan signs USD287 million contract for SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missiles
10 Feb 2021 KHI to develop EW aircraft for JASDF with stand-off jamming capability
08 Feb 2021 JMSDF submarine collides with commercial vessel off Kochi, three injured
04 Feb 2021 Japan, UK agree to enhance security co-operation in Indo-Pacific region
15 Jan 2021 North Korea unveils Pukguksong-5 SLBM at military parade
12 Jan 2021 Japan plans to deploy unmanned fighters as early as 2035
04 Jan 2021 Japan to begin mass production of new ASM-3A supersonic anti-ship missile
04 Jan 2021 Frequency of Chinese vessels entering contiguous zone of disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands reached record level in 2020