Japan maintains that its largest surface warships are helicopter destroyers, yet their size, full-length flight decks, and ...

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'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 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 ...

The Tomahawk missiles will give Japan a powerful weapon with which to deter China. Yet the broader issue of the missiles’ short supply, and low replenishment rates, remains unsolved. A fundamental, ...

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Equipping Japanese ships with Tomahawk missiles demonstrates Japan’s commitment to US Indo-Pacific strategy. The Japanese Kongo-class destroyer Chokai is en route to San Diego for modifications that ...

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 ...

A pair of Japanese destroyers shot down targets using a new type of defensive missile off Hawaii last week, according to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The live fire was part of a two-week exercise ...

BEIJING—Japan has launched its seventh Aegis destroyer, the first to be built with ballistic-missile defense capability. Joining a fleet of six destroyers that is being upgraded to intercept ballistic ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup steamed into this naval base on Tokyo Bay on Monday, where it became the ninth warship in Destroyer Squadron 15. Formerly homeported ...