#Japan

Australia has signed on for 11 upgraded Mogami-class frigates, with the first three to be built in Japan and eight more planned for Western Australia as Canberra tries to arrest a decline in naval hull numbers while leap

Japan has loosened long-standing restrictions on weapons exports, allowing lethal defense equipment sales to 17 partner countries while still barring transfers to states in active conflicts except under exceptional terms

Astroscale says its ISSA-J1 spacecraft will attempt the first inspection of multiple defunct satellites in separate orbits during a single mission in 2027.

Scientists in Japan say they have built a high-resolution X-ray telescope capable of distinguishing an object just 3.5 millimeters wide from one kilometer away, a result attributed to advances in precision mirror-making.

Aoshima, a tiny island in Japan’s Ehime prefecture, now has around 80 cats and only a handful of human residents, turning demographic decline into an unusual ecological and cultural story.

Japan’s reported plan to build up kamikaze drones and low-cost missiles points to a defense strategy centered on range, affordability, and mass.

Candidate metadata indicates that Japan’s Aegis destroyer Chokai has officially gained the ability to launch Tomahawk missiles, expanding the strike role of a major surface combatant.

The US State Department has approved a proposed $340 million Foreign Military Sales package to support Japan’s Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile program, reinforcing Tokyo’s push to field indigenous hypersonic weapons.

Polish officials are exploring whether their country could join the Global Combat Air Programme — the ambitious Anglo-Italian-Japanese project to build a sixth-generation stealth fighter — as Warsaw seeks to modernize its air force and deepen ties with European and Indo-Pacific security partners.

Japan has established new national benchmarks for agrivoltaic installations after audits found nearly a quarter of projects reported reduced crop yields.