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August 20, 2026
ANA Holdings, the parent company of Japan's largest airline All Nippon Airways (ANA), presented its adjusted flight schedule for the second half of fiscal year 2026. The…
German drone maker Helsing has enlisted Japanese e-commerce and finance firm Rakuten to help finalize a deal to sell its unmanned systems to Japan’s defence force. The Ground Self-Defense Force is…
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 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hereby announces the scheduled launch of the Mart
Rocket Lab will launch its ninth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS this morning (Aug. 20), and you can watch the action live.
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August 19, 2026
B-58554 joins the silver aircraft delivered in July, completing a two-aircraft project created with Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama
Japan scrambled fighters to monitor Chinese surveillance aircraft near the prefectures of Nagasaki and Okinawa.
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with the Defence Minister of Japan Mr... The post Raksha Mantri to hold bilateral…
Following the conclusions of the study conducted by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways begin coordinating their…
The animals live in the groundwater of the Ryukyu Islands and show traits adapted to darkness, such as lack of pigmentation and eyes The post Blind "cousins" of shrimp…
Japan-based eVTOL developer SkyDrive has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Australian helicopter operator Gold Coast Helitours for the The post SkyDrive Signs Australia’s First eVTOL LOI With…
For more than a decade, Washington sought to concentrate its military presence on the Pacific to keep China in check. The ongoing war with Iran now ties up so many resources…
SkyDrive Inc., a Japanese manufacturer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, signed a Letter of Intent with Gold Coast Helitours to introduce up to five units of its…
For most of the twentieth century, the purple sweet potato supplied roughly 60 percent of daily calories in Okinawan villages that produced the world's densest cluster of centenarians. What the data…
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are coordinating flight departure times on a domestic route for the first time in
Japan appears to be enhancing its maritime strike capabilities, with the recent sighting of a new, long-range, stealthy, air-launched, anti-ship missile undergoing flight testing. A Mitsubishi F-2B…
Both airlines do not rule out further collaboration in future, including with competitors. Japan’s two largest carriers will coordinate their schedules on the Tokyo Haneda-Okayama domestic route, as…
August 18, 2026
Riyadh Air and All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced on Tuesday the signing of an MoU aimed at improving travel between Saudi Arabia, Japan and destinations beyond, by combining their networks…
Riyadh Air and All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced this Tuesday the signing of an MoU aimed at optimizing travel between Saudi Arabia, Japan and destinations beyond, by combining their route networks…
Rakuten is brokering Helsing's sale of HX-2 strike drones to Japan's army, and the aircraft under test is the same one a German defense ministry document said struggled to launch in Ukraine.
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The incident temporarily closed one of the two runways servicing commercial traffic at the island’s Naha airport. A Boeing F-15J fighter jet operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)…
Faced with China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific, Australia and Japan have steadily deepened their military cooperation, both operationally and industrially, over…
Both countries will also accelerate discussions for Japan to use Australian ranges for hypersonic weapon tests
The main landing gear of a JASDF F-15 collapsed during landing, causing the aircraft to slide on the runway and turn 180 degrees as it slowed down. An F-15 of the Japan Air Self Defense Force…
MMX will use a rover, two sampling systems and a brief Phobos landing to return more than 10 grams of material to Australia in 2031. The post Japan is sending a spacecraft to land on Phobos, where…
Riyadh Air and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at expanding connectivity… The post Riyadh Air, ANA sign MoU to expand Saudi Arabia-Japan connectivity…
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A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15 fighter suffered an incident while landing at Naha Airport, in Okinawa, this Tuesday, August 18. The aircraft tilted toward one of…
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Japan Airlines (JAL) is significantly expanding its offering to Europe in the 2026/27 winter schedule. On the routes to London and Paris, JAL will deploy the Airbus A350-1000 more frequently…
Japan Airlines (JL) and All Nippon Airways (NH) are preparing to coordinate flight schedules on a domestic route for the first time, marking a significant shift in how the country’s two largest…
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August 17, 2026
The data from the hosted payloads on QZS-7 and its predecessor QZS-6 will feed into the US Space Surveillance Network operated by the 18th Space Defense Squadron.
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A novel program to integrate U.S. and Japanese space capabilities was “completed” last week when a Japanese navigation satellite carrying a U.S. Space Force payload launched into orbit. The post US…
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