Japan to decide on new fighter on Friday Posted on December 13, 2011 by alert5 Japan is expected to announce the winner of its fighter competition to replace the F-4 on Friday. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Japan may drop F-35 from race Canadian Air Force expected competition for next fighter Poll results: Who will win Japan’s FX fighter competition? Brazil may need to fallback on F-5s to defend nation Brazil could announce fighter decision Dec. 15, Rafale favored Eurofighter has fallen behind in Japan’s contest