The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) reached a milestone in its aircraft carrier capabilities as a U.S. Navy ...

Photos show a US F-35B operating on Japan's newly converted destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier off the Californian coast.

Japan has taken a significant step in bolstering its military power with the launch of its first aircraft carrier since World ...

Japan, due to the ongoing dispute over the Kuril Islands, has remained technically at war with Russia for several years. The ...

The largest ship in Japan’s navy, the Kaga, an aircraft carrier, is now docked in San Diego. Black and white video from a webcam shows the moment the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga pulled into a ...

In a technical advance off San Diego, a U.S. Navy F-35B strike fighter landed on a Japanese aircraft carrier for the first ...

These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...

The visit is just the latest in a series of maritime developments in the bilateral defense relationship.

A Chinese aircraft carrier briefly entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed defence sources. NHK said the ...

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered an area near Japan's shores for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its “serious concerns” to Beijing over China’s increasingly assertive ...

Japan's defense ministry says that the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Taiwan from Sunday through Monday, and the ministry confirmed that fighter ...