The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on December 26 approved $58 billion (9.04 trillion yen) defense spending for fiscal year 2026, as Tokyo
In December 2025, Japan responded in an unusual manner to activities conducted by Chinese Navy vessels in waters near Japan: JASDF F-2 fighters were observed
On November 28, the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi approved 847.2 billion yen ($5.4 billion) defense spending in the fiscal 2025 supplementary budget
Four U.S. Marine Corps F-35B aircraft and a U.S. Navy CVM-22B Osprey conducted flight operations on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s largest destroyer, JS Kaga,
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) provided prospective updates regarding several surface combatant and submarine projects under consideration for the Indian Navy in its Q2 FY2026
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) prominently displayed a model of the “Upgraded Mogami”, known in Japan as 06FFM, brandishing a red kangaroo at Indo
Rear Admiral Stephen Hughes, Head of Navy Capability for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), spoke to Naval News at the Indo-Pacific 2025 naval exhibition held
At the end of August 2025, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) released its preliminary budget request for fiscal 2026. The request revealed plans to procure
On September 19, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)’s Hobart-class guided-missile destroyer HMAS Brisbane (DDG-41) called at the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Yokosuka Naval Base.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has announced its first successful test-firings of a ship-mounted electromagnetic (EM) railgun against a
