Named Yahagi (with pennant number FFM-5), the newest Mogami-class frigate was inducted into Escort Division 14, headquartered at the Maizuru naval base in Kyoto Prefecture,
The JMSDF Chief Announced At The Press Conference On April 2 That The Completion Of The First Special Modification work on the Izumo-class destroyer Kaga as planned.
The US Navy has completed the first round of a Tomahawk training program for the JMSDF aboard USS McCampbell at Yokosuka Naval Base.
MHI will start delivering the Mk 41 VLS for a planned fleet of 12 Mogami-class multirole frigate for the JMSDF in fiscal year 2024.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the third of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK).
Ishigaki city of Okinawa prefecture, Japan has declined a request for a U.S. Navy missile destroyer to enter the city’s port in mid-March, forcing the American warship to anchor off the coast of Ishigaki Island and then bring the crew ashore, sources familiar with this matter told Naval News on February 13.
A U.S. Navy missile destroyer plans to call on Ishigaki island, Japan. This would mark the first-ever visit by a U.S. Navy’s destroyer to the politically sensitive island.
The Chinese Navy’s North Sea Fleet has deployed land-based YJ-62 anti-ship cruise missiles in a coastal city in Shandong province. The move is likely a first and has implications for the strategic Yellow Sea…
Japan signed a $1.7 Billion contract with the US for the procurement of 400 Tomahawks land attack cruise missiles.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on December 22 that it has completed the development of new SH-60L naval combat helicopters on order for Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force to succeed the Mitsubishi/Sikorsky SH-60K.
