Japan has imposed strict sanctions on Kawasaki Heavy Industries after confirming that the company falsified submarine engine ...

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) launched the 12th and final Mogami-class multirole frigate for the ...

The draft defense budget sets a new spending record for the 12th straight year amid mounting regional threats and U.S.

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the 12th Mogami-class guided-missile frigate on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

Japan on December 26 approved $58 billion (9.04 trillion yen) defense budget for fiscal year 2026, as Tokyo faces growing ...

Members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force wave to USS George Washington (CVN-73) as the aircraft carrier departed a bilateral training for South Korea. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force photo ...

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will conduct joint exercises with the Royal Navy. Last week, the Royal Navy flagship aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales departed Darwin, Australia, ...

Sailors aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) man the rails and return salutes while receiving passing honors from Sailors of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kongo-class ...

JS Raigei, the fourth Taigei-class diesel-electric submarine with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Credit: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) A Japanese Defense Ministry panel called ...

On December 18, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force held the naming and launching ceremony of its new mine countermeasures ...

While training with the F-35s is being carried out on land, the aircraft will eventually be transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF’s) two Izumo-class destroyers. The Japanese ...