14 September 2020
(The Japan Times, Tokyo, Japan)
Quote from the article:
“Protocol for UFOs? That’s exactly what Defense Minister Taro Kono ordered the Self-Defense Forces to follow Monday as he issued standing orders for dealing with unidentified aerial objects that could pose a threat to Japan’s security.
While the Defense Ministry says there have been no known cases of the SDF encountering UFOs, the latest move comes after the U.S. Defense Department established a special Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force last month in order ‘to improve its understanding of, and gain insight into, the nature and origins’ of the objects and other phenomena.”
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/14/national/japan-defense-ministry-ufo/
My comment:
Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilots have never witnessed a UFO, according to then Japan Defense Minister Taro Kono. This statement is not correct.
On 15 October 2010, I reported about the following article:
“Japanese Air Force Also Has Encounters with UFOs:
A New Book by a Retired Lieutenant General”
20 September 2010
(UFODigest.com)
Lieutenant General Mamoru Sato (born 1939), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Ret.) has written a UFO book, UFODigest.com reports:
http://www.ufodigest.com/article/japanese-air-force-also-has-encounters-ufos-new-book-retired-lieutenant-general (link now defunct)
‘A True Record: UFOs the Self-Defense Force Pilots Encountered Closely’ is published by Kodan-sha (July 2010).”
https://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2020/09/japan-and-uap.html
Wikipedia article: “Japan Self-Defense Forces”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces
Wikipedia article: “Japan Air Self-Defense Force”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force
Wikipedia article: “Tarō Kōno”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarō_Kōno
Tarō Kōno, former Japan Minister of Defense
(Photo:wikimedia.org)
Japan Air Self-Defense Force emblem (Text: Wikipedia)
(Image: wikimedia.org)
fighter aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force
(wikimedia.org photo)
