Japan is significantly bolstering its naval power projection capabilities by converting its two Izumo-class helicopter ...

Japan's military history has undergone a dramatic transformation, from its early innovations with the first aircraft carrier ...

The HMS Prince of Wales may conduct “cross-deck drills” with JS Kaga using aircraft carrier-based F-35Bs. If realized, it ...

The Kaga is in the process of being converted into a light aircraft carrier, capable of launching and recovering the STOVL variant of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II.

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 Japanese helicopter carrier JS Kaga conducted sea trials Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, to test modifications that allow the ship to embark F-35B Lightning II fighter jets.

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.

Initial modifications to the Izumo began in 2021. That fall, the 800-foot, 27,000-ton warship helped prove the feasibility of the U.S.-Japan light aircraft carrier program when a U.S. Marine Corps ...

Kaga’s sistership Izumo, commissioned in 2015, will also be modified in a process expected to finish in 2027. The two ships were commissioned as helicopter carriers that could be upgraded to ...

In a sight rarely seen anywhere, three aircraft carriers sailed out of San Diego Bay on Monday — one headed to Japan, one to the larger Indo-Pacific and one to the waters off Southern California.