Asia-Pacific
Japan scrambles fighters as a Chinese WZ-7 drone crosses the Miyako Strait twice, Tokyo says
Japan’s Joint Staff says a Chinese WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance drone flew twice through the Miyako Strait on November 2, prompting…
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Okinawa
Asia-Pacific
Keen Sword 27: Chinese warships, drones and Y-9s around Japan, and Russian Il-20s over the Sea of Japan
While Japanese and US forces train in Keen Sword 27, Chinese warships, intelligence aircraft and drones pass through the straits…
Asia-Pacific
Liaoning carrier: the steady pattern of China’s first aircraft carrier in the Pacific, as logged by Japan
For the second time in 2026 the Liaoning operated in the Pacific, this time passing between Okinawa and Miyako. Japanese…
Asia-Pacific
U.S. Marines train JGSDF joint terminal attack controllers on Okinawa for future Sakishima operations
5th ANGLICO and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force trained on Okinawa to certify Japanese JTACs, with an eye to directing coalition…
Asia-Pacific
Keen Sword 27 opens on Ishigaki with 45,000 Japanese and 11,000 U.S. personnel and seven partner nations
The biennial Japan-US exercise began on 19 October and runs to 29 October, with forces from seven other countries and…
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NEW: An container FALLS from the sky carried by US military helicopter in Japan
The U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa announced Wednesday that a CH53E helicopter belonging to the First Marine Corps Air Wing…