The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will launch its Indo-Pacific Deployment on April 21. A total of five ships forming four ...

Japan formally activated on Sunday a new joint maritime transport unit geared towards improving troop deployment capabilities ...

Rome could buy the Japanese Kawasaki P-1 maritime patrol aircraft to tackle hostile submarines in the Mediterranean, a ...

Japan Marine United (JMU), the project’s main contractor, held a groundbreaking ceremony of the first four OPVs on February ...

NATO's chief visited a Maritime Self-Defense Force base south of Tokyo on Tuesday, where he stressed the importance of ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels will visit a China-funded naval base in Cambodia from this weekend, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday, as Tokyo aims to promote ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Museum opened on April 5, 2007, and is the only museum in Japan where you can board a real submarine. The JDS Akishio, commissioned in 1986, was in ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one ...

Japan is expanding its standoff strike arsenal with a new precision missile to bolster homeland defense amid regional ...

This video dives into a comparative analysis of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and China's rapidly expanding navy. With ...

The two ship captains are members of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, while most of the other crew members ... posing serious security challenges for key U.S. ally Japan due to the proximity of its ...