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Japan

Japan has been known for its defense-oriented policy. However, Tokyo now plans to extend the range of its ASM-3 air-launched anti-ship missile in order...

The Japanese government plans on strengthening its defenses against cyber attacks from China, among other nations. It aims to do so through regulating and...
iot security

Internet of Things (IoT) devices have a deserved reputation for being insecure, and Japan wants to do something about it. The country has just...

During a recent demo, an autonomous drone was deployed to map tunnels as small as 3×3 meters, yielding accurate 3D renderings without sending miners...
surveillance uav

Japan is enhancing its unmanned surveillance capabilities. The US Air Force and the Japanese government agreed on a $489.9 million deal to build three...
ballistic missile

The Pentagon recently intercepted a test ballistic missile with the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA system, the second time that weapon has been successfully tested...

By Arie Egozi Japan has decided to develop a new fighter aircraft, after it had rejected offers from the leading aircraft manufacturers in the US....
interception

A successful interception test was conducted by the Japanese Aegis destroyer Atago. The system detected and shot down a short-range ballistic missile in space...
air and missile defense

Japan has been advancing its integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capabilities through the combined use of vessels equipped with the Aegis naval weapon...

For the first time, facial recognition technology will ever be used at the Olympic Games. A large-scale facial recognition system will be used to...
radar technology

International collaboration is becoming the norm for advanced defense systems, as developing and manufacturing high-grade technology entails enormous costs. In the first major military...
drone

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a new drone designed to look like a dragon. The “Dual-Rotor embedded multilink Robots of multi-degree-of-freedom aerial...
cybersecurity

Japan will be hosting the 2019 Rugby World Championship and the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, global events that are likely to attract attention from...
demontsration

The first demonstration of a long-endurance RPA was carried out by a private company in Japan. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) started the...
helicopter

The H225 helicopter is known for its speed, range, and payload in the 11-ton-category twin-turbine rotorcraft. It is the newest member of Airbus’ Super...
cybersecurity

While hackers have been constantly reaching out for new technologies, information security teams are also obliged to adopt advanced technological methods in order to...
nuclear inspection

Autonomous UASs will fly inside ruined nuclear power stations to conduct inspections. A team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in the US is...
drone

Japan has been experimenting to see if drones can be useful in gathering information and using undisrupted communications during major disasters. Officials from Shinjuku...