Amphibious exercise ARC 21 kicked off on 12 May 2021 with the Royal Australian Navy, Marine Nationale, JMSDF and US Navy...

A ceremony was held today at Ainoura station, Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan, for the start of the training phase of ARC21.

Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced that a U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and a U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton will soon deploy to Japan. The deployment of an MQ-4C Triton high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to japan will mark a first.

Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) is planning a multihull as one of the proposed designs for the Aegis system equipped ship.

The JCG will proceed with specific studies to introduce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to conduct maritime surveillance and other operations.

According to Kishi, the new ships will include one medium-sized Logistics Support Vessels (LSV) capable ...

Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will expand its fleet with two new H225 helicopters, taking its total Super Puma fleet up to 17, comprising two AS332s and 15 H225s.

Following the signature by the French Defence procurement agency (DGA) and its Japanese counterpart, the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), of a Defence cooperation agreement, Thales and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are joining forces to develop a Dual Frequency sonar demonstrator to be evaluated at sea both in Japanese and French waters.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) today commissioned its 12th and final Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned today its second and final Maya-class AEGIS Destroyer. JS Haguro はぐろ (DDG-180)...