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 ...

Japanese media revealed on July 6 that Japan plans to transfer its Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to the Philippines, ...

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

Japan showed off the newly upgraded JS Kaga in April. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Another helicopter carrier, the lead-in-class Izumo, is also being modified to carry F-35 jets.

February 3, 2025: In early 2017 Japan put into service a second 27,000 ton destroyer, the Kaga DDH 184 that looks exactly like an aircraft carrier. Actually, it looks like an LPH, an amphibious ship ...

Japan’s upgrading of a warship to become its first aircraft carrier since the Second World War has been criticised in China, raising questions about whether it violates the country’s post-war ...

Modification work turning Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Kaga into an F-35B aircraft carrier are nearing completion at a dock in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, located ...