Japan Commissions New Maya-class AEGIS Destroyer JS Haguro はぐろ DDG-180
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned today its second and final Maya-class AEGIS Destroyer. JS Haguro はぐろ (DDG-180)…
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned today its second and final Maya-class AEGIS Destroyer. JS Haguro はぐろ (DDG-180)…
The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) today commissioned JS Etajima at the Japan Marine United shipyard in Yokohama. It is the third Awaji-class minesweeper.
The Japanese government announced in December 2020 a plan to procure two “Aegis System-equipped ships” for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)…

A new ocean surveillance ship, JS Aki (AOS-5203), was commissioned by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) on March 4, 2020.
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki launched today the first-in-class 30FFM, a next generation frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)…
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force…

UK ministers discussed the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth during the “2+2” virtual meeting with their respective Japanese counterparts…
The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) conducted a bilateral maritime exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) January 15.
French Navy Rubis-class nuclear powered submarine (SSN) “Emeraude” continues its long duration deployment in the Pacific region…
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the U.S. Navy, and the French Navy (Marine Nationale) will take part in combined amphibious drills in Japan’s remote Islands in May 2021.