Whether you’re drawn to naval history or local townscapes, Kure in Hiroshima offers a memorable blend of culture, history, ...

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 ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kure Museum opened on April 5, 2007, and is the only museum in Japan where you can board a real submarine. The JDS Akishio, commissioned in 1986, was in ...

The Maritime Transport Group was launched on March 24 as a unit jointly run by the Ground, Maritime and Air Self Defense ...

Kure, Hiroshima Pref., April 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Defense Ministry held an inaugural ceremony for a new Self-Defense Forces unit focused on maritime transportation at the Maritime SDF's Kure ...

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 ...

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani pledges to strengthen the Self-Defense Forces' transport capabilities to remote southern ...

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