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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.