In early April, a ship sailed out from Yokosuka port bearing what might be the future of naval warfare. Mounted on the deck ...

Japan has released images of its shipboard electromagnetic (EM) railgun, which suggest that the weapon system will soon ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is testing a shipborne railgun under development by Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, ...

Two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) naval vessels made a port of call at Ream Naval Base in Cambodia on 19 April.

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has introduced “mini-aircraft carriers,” such as the JS Kaga and JS Izumo, ...

Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base hosted the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) vessels Bungo and Etajima, in what was ...

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

The Maritime Transport Group of the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) was formally stood up on Sunday in a ceremony overseen by Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani at the unit’s current and ...

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo makes a port call at Ream Naval Base in southwestern Cambodia on April 19, 2025. (Kyodo) REAM, Cambodia (Kyodo) -- Japan Maritime Self ...

NATO's chief visited a Maritime Self-Defense Force base south of Tokyo on Tuesday, where he stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation with Japan and other Indo-Pacific nations ...

A Kawasaki P-1 patrol aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force launches anti-missile flares during a fleet review off Sagami Bay, Kanagawa prefecture, in 2015. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty ...