Japan's aircraft carrier JS Kaga completed sea trials off the California coast Friday. The light aircraft carrier was refitted with a flight deck to carry F-35B stealth fighters. The ...

A Japanese navy destroyer torpedoed during a crucial Second World War battle has finally been discovered on the Pacific Ocean floor 80 years after it sank. The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer ...

Japan insists that its Izumo class ships are helicopter destroyers, not aircraft carriers, yet their size and layout tell a ...

A Japanese destroyer is in the US receiving modifications that will allow the warship to carry Tomahawk cruise missiles. Tomahawks represent not only a major boost to the Japanese Maritime ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Self Defense Force patrolled the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday for the first time in an attempt to send a message to China, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, citing multiple ...

The US landed an F-35 stealth fighter on Japan's new aircraft carrier for the first time. US and Japanese forces are integrating the short-takeoff/vertical landing F-35B onto the JS Kaga. The Kaga is ...

The captain of a Japanese warship that reportedly sailed into Chinese waters this summer has been replaced, according to Japan’s defense minister. Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, at a news conference ...

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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time on Wednesday, according to a local media report. The destroyer JS Sazanami, along with Australian and ...

Countries around the world often utilize military weapons not manufactured within their own borders. The same is true of Japan, a U.S. ally, which is currently upgrading its eight Aegis destroyers ...