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 ...

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said Thursday. The T-4 ...

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 ...

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 ...