The Japanese government is now in the final stages of coordination to develop the successor to the F-2 fighter jet with the United States, according to multiple government officials. The Japanese ...

The two countries earlier held trilateral air drills with Japan on Jan. 15, involving two B-1B bombers in addition to South Korean F-15K and Japanese F-2 fighter jets. Two days later, North Korea ...

The government is forging ahead with plans to cooperate with Britain in developing the engine for the successor to the Air Self-Defense Force’s fleet of F-2 fighter jets. Prime Minister ...

A portion of this sum would go to the development of domestically built stealth fighter planes to replace a fleet of aging F-2s. The F-2 was first deployed in Japan in 2000. It is unique among the ...