KCNA: "The sea monitoring persisted by the Japanese reactionaries is designed tosecure justifications for becoming a military giantJapan can never steer clear of standing international isolation, its will notwithstanding if keeps going idiot, stupid and senseless."
Mount Aso in Kumamoto erupts
1 year agoU.S. @PacificMarines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine regiment perform squad attacks at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, training them in combined arms tactics.
1 year agoTepco begins second round of fuel rod removals at battered Fukushima nuclear plant
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 66km SSE of Kushiro, Japan
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hits eastern Honshu, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 - 144km NE of Miyako, Japan
Crashed Japanese F-35 had been in the air for 28 minutes when contact was lost - Reuters
JASDF confirms the missing F-35A has crashed; identifies it as first JASDF assembled at the Nagoa FACO; USN P-8 joins search
1 year agoWreckage of a crashed JASDF F-35 fighter that had disappeared over Pacific Ocean has been located, according to authorities in Japan.
The @StateDept Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of up to 56 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block Intelligence Bureau missiles for an estimated cost of $1.150 billion. The missiles are used to intercept short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles
A Japanese F-35A fighter jet is missing; remaining 12 are grounded
Air Self-Defense Force, around 7:27 pm: over the sea about 135 km northeast of Misawa City, Aomori Prefecture, F35 fighter jets belonging to the Misawa base have disappeared from the radar. 1 pilot was on the board
Japanese F35 fighter, disappears from the radar over the Pacific, no radio contact
Japanese F-35 fighter jet disappears from radar over the Pacific, government says - Kyodo
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 42km S of Shizunai, Japan
1 year agoJapanese fighters scrambled to intercept 1x Russian Air Force IL-38 Maritime Patrol Aircraft over the Sea of Japan(East Sea).
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 43km SSE of Kawaguchi, Japan
Japan voices protest to Russia over shooting exercises in southern part of Kuril Islands
1 year agoUSAF RC-135V 63-9792 HOOVR55 arrived into Yokota AB, Japan at 0821Z. The aircraft will deploy to Kadena AB, Okinawa this week.
1 year agoJapanese MoD photo of H-6K interception
A U.S. reconnaissance aircraft RC-135S specialized in observing ballistic missiles arrived at a U.S. air base in Okinawa, Japan, on Saturday
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 13km S of Nishinoomote, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 40km ESE of Hitachi, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 58km E of Takanabe, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - 48km E of Takanabe, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 14km WSW of Motomiya, Japan
Explosion reported at U.S. military base in Okinawa. Reportedly gas canister
KCNA: "A wolf in sheepskin can never be a sheepJapan has been hell-bent on becoming a military giant, but there is one thing for it to bear in mind. Japan is a war criminal state and defeated nation."
North Korea denounces Japan over heightened monitoring of illicit ship-to-ship transfers North Korean condemnation is a good indicator of (Japan-US) alliance effectiveness
