A Russian Navy Borei-class ballistic missile submarine was spotted for the first time transiting the La Perouse Strait on ...

The Izumo-Class The Japanese Izumo-class ships are officially classified as helicopter-carrying destroyers, but their si ...

Japan tracked several Russian and Chinese warships sailing on separate voyages near Japanese waters over the last week and ...

Tokyo has clearly sought to downplay the fact that its flattops are aircraft carriers—possibly owing to political ...

Japan's Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has released new pictures from testing of a prototype electromagnetic railgun aboard the testbed warship JS Asuka earlier this year. A picture ...

A fire blazed for more than 12 hours on the US warship USS New Orleans off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, before it was finally extinguished, leaving two sailors with minor injuries. The fire ripped ...

On August 5, 2025, the Australian government announced its decision to procure Mogami-class frigates from Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), costing roughly A$10 billion total (about US$6.5 ...

Japan reached a new defense milestone in the summer of 2025 after successfully test-firing a high-power electromagnetic railgun at a moving naval target. According to the Acquisition Technology & ...

Two Chinese government ships have left Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea after ...

A fire burned aboard a US Navy warship anchored off Okinawa for 12 hours, injuring two sailors, a statement from the Navy's 7th Fleet in Japan said. The fire aboard the USS New Orleans, an amphibious ...

Two Chinese government ships entered Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sunday morning.