Daisuke Sato
Daisuke Sato is defense reporter, covering the Asia-Pacific defense industrial base, defense markets and all related issues. He has covered the US and Japan bilateral exercises for several years.
Australia deploys F-35A stealth fighter jets to Japan
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed six F-35A Lightning II aircraft to Japan for the first time as part of Exercise Bushido...
Japan to produce Finnish AMV XP armored vehicles
Finnish state-controlled Patria Group announced on Friday that the company and Japan Steel Works Ltd. (JSW) signed on 31 August 2023 a license agreement...
Japan deploys F-35 fighter jets to Australia
The Australian Defence Department announced on Monday that Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II fighter jets and personnel arrived in Australia, marking...
Australian military receives initial batch of new UH-60M helicopters
The Australian Defence Force on Wednesday received the first four new 3 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. "The first 3 of a planned fleet of 40...
Ukraine receives modern combat rifles from Australia
Ukrainian Armed Forces have received an initial batch of the newest Australian Combat Assault Rifle, better known as ACAR. According to Defence Technology Review (DTR)'s...
North Korea unveils giant new underwater drone
North Korea held a military parade in Pyongyang on Thursday night, unveiling a new unmanned undersea vehicle it called the "world's most powerful weapon." A...
Truck carrying US Abrams tank runs into seven cars in Australia
Six people have been hospitalized and over a dozen emergency vehicles were required to combat flames at a horrific seven car pile-up that involved...
Japanese fighters intercept China’s new spy plane
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force reported successfully intercepting a new Chinese airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft. The details were given in an 8 June...