A U.S. fifth-generation fighter jet landed on a Japanese helicopter destroyer this week, bringing Japan one step closer to ...

The JS Kaga’s flight deck was modified to operate the F-35B and be used as a ‘Lightning Carrier’. The tests off the southern ...

A US Marines F-35B fighter jet has landed on the Japanese carrier Kaga for the first time, marking the first time in post-war ...

Due to the ongoing dispute over the Kuril Islands, Japan has been in a formal state of tension with Russia for years. The ...

Another Izumo-class helicopter carrier has become only the second Japanese naval vessel to embark a fixed-wing fighter aircraft on its flight deck since the Second ...

The Maritime Self-Defense Force is conducting tests to determine if there are issues with such aircraft taking off from the ...

A U.S. F-35 Lightning II aircraft landed aboard Japan’s Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) for the ...

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter has for the first time operated aboard Japan’s biggest in-service warship, the ...

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has carried out its first test landing of fighter jet on its largest destroyer, the Kaga. The vessel has been modified into a de facto aircraft carrier.

A specially configured U.S. F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) Lightning II aircraft for the first time touched ...

The largest ship in Japan's navy has made its way to California. U.S. military forces are helping Japan test out the vessel's ...

Now, however, shipwreck hunters think they’ve discovered what happened to the submarine—and the location of its final resting place. A team led by diver Κostas Thoctarides used sonar to ...