Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's aircraft carrier JS Kaga completed sea trials off the California coast Friday. The light aircraft carrier was refitted ...

A Japanese Navy destroyer quietly sailed through the Taiwan Strait last week. It marked a significant move in a region already full of tension. This action came just days after a close and risky ...

A Japanese navy destroyer torpedoed during a crucial Second World War battle has finally been discovered on the Pacific Ocean floor 80 years after it sank. The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer ...

The captain of a Japanese warship that reportedly sailed into Chinese waters this summer has been replaced, according to Japan’s defense minister. Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, at a news conference ...

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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Takanami-class destroyer JS Sazanami (DD-113) transits the East China Sea in 2017. US Navy Photo A Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) guided-missile ...

A Japanese destroyer is in the US receiving modifications that will allow the warship to carry Tomahawk cruise missiles. Tomahawks represent not only a major boost to the Japanese Maritime ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Self Defense Force patrolled the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday for the first time in an attempt to send a message to China, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, citing multiple ...

Countries around the world often utilize military weapons not manufactured within their own borders. The same is true of Japan, a U.S. ally, which is currently upgrading its eight Aegis destroyers ...