MSDF officers will command the ships, while GSDF troops form the core crew, highlighting a rare inter-service synergy in Japan’s traditionally siloed military. This step aligns with Japan’s evolving ...

Japan formally activated on Sunday a new joint maritime transport unit geared towards improving troop deployment capabilities ...

Japan's Defence Minister Gen Nakatani on Sunday expressed commitment to enhancing the transport capabilities of the ...

Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would ever occur.

Japan’s Defence Minister announced a new unit to enhance the Self-Defense Forces' transport capabilities for southern islands ...

The ship sank off Cape Bonomisaki on Kagoshima's Satsuma Peninsula at 2:23 p.m. on April 7, 1945, with only 276 of the 3,332 ...

New vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama on April 2, 2025. Japan, where 10 percent of all jobs are related to the ...

Japan has begun installing the first Mk 41 VLS for a planned fleet of 12 Mogami-class multirole frigates for the JMSDF.

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 13 mph (6.4 to 20.9 kph). The overnight low will be 53 °F (11.7 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 68 °F (20 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 7 mph (4.8 to 11.3 ...

Yamato was the lead ship of her class, constructed under extreme secrecy at the Kure Naval Arsenal in Hiroshima Prefecture. Ordered in 1937 as part of Japan’s rapid naval rearmament following ...

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe believed to have been used to fashion the main guns of Japan's mighty World War II battleship Yamato was in danger of becoming a rusting relic until a ...

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