The Japanese Ministry of Defense has announced that the JS Chōkai (DDG-176) has completed crew training and ship modification ...

Though Japan has decommissioned its first Asagiri-class destroyer, the warship is far from antiquated—and could easily be ...

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Key Points - Japan's Taigei-class ("Big Whale") diesel-electric attack submarines, with four completed by 2025 including the recently commissioned JS Raigei, represent a significant leap in ...

The HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group will link up with the Japanese task group of the JS Kaga to practice combined F-35B operations. The UK’s Royal Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense ...

Last month, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commissioned JS Kumano, the first of its new Mogami-class multi-role frigates. The warship was built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries facility in Tamano ...

JS Agano, Japan's sixth Mogami-class frigate, seen here at its commissioning ceremony on 20 June. (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) Japan has commissioned its sixth Mogami-class guided-missile ...

Capt. David Schappert, left, commander of Submarine Squadron 15, observes the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine JS Soryu as it arrives in Apra Harbor, Guam, for a port visit, June 7, 2018.

Japan now operates five cutting-edge Taigei-class submarines, in addition to its 12 Soryu-class and 6 Oyashio-class vessels.

MHI launched Mikuma, the fourth Mogami-class frigate on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), in a ceremony held on December 10 at its facilities in Nagasaki. Credit: Mitsubishi ...