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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

By bno - Tokyo Office In a significant advancement for Japan's naval capabilities, a US military F-35B stealth fighter jet ...

Amphibious warship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) and embarked elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) returned home ...

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