Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China's maritime expansion, ...

Factors such as maintenance costs and system upgrades will determine the true value of the Abukuma-class vessels’ transfer, ...

The Philippine Navy says it will send experts to Japan next month to explore acquiring destroyer escorts set to be retired by ...

Sending the Abukuma-class vessels to Manila would mark Tokyo’s first export of an entire major naval platform in decades.

Japan will export used destroyers to the Philippines, Reuters reported, citing Japan's Yomiuri newspaper on Sunday, to ...

Japan plans to export used Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to strengthen the Philippines' maritime defense against China's ...

The country’s acquisition of used destroyer warships offered by Japan depends on several factors, like how it would fit in ...

Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China’s maritime expansion, ...

Japan is in talks with the Philippines over a potential transfer of used navy destroyers and training aircraft, as part of ...

The ship is the first Zumwalt class to visit Yokosuka since USS Zumwalt's 2022 visit, which was the first ever port call for ...

The 646-foot flattop that Japan lists as a destroyer and China calls a helicopter carrier will join training exercises in the South China Sea next week to send a "strong message" to Beijing on its ...

Defence ministers Gen Nakatani and Gilberto Teodoro agreed to the destroyer export when they met in Singapore last month, the ...