Japan's military history has undergone a dramatic transformation, from its early innovations with the first aircraft carrier ...

Japan is significantly bolstering its naval power projection capabilities by converting its two Izumo-class helicopter ...

The Kaga and its sister ship, the JS Izumo, were undergoing modification and reconstruction for the purpose, with the work on the Kaga commencing in Mar. 2022 at Hiroshima’s Kure shipyard.

Kaga’s sister ship, the JS Izumo, underwent similar retrofits in 2021. Both Japanese ships still require another round of modifications, a Maritime Self-Defense Force spokesman told Stars and ...

Kaga’s sister ship, JS Izumo, saw USMC F-35Bs demonstrate landing and taking off from the ship in 2021. The vessel is now undergoing modifications to prepare for F-35B operations.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force is upgrading its Izumo and Kaga destroyers into de facto aircraft carriers, equipping them to operate the F-35B stealth fighter, which features short takeoff and ...

February 3, 2025: In early 2017 Japan put into service a second 27,000 ton destroyer, the Kaga DDH 184 that looks exactly like an aircraft carrier. Actually, it looks like an LPH, an amphibious ship ...

The crew tried to save the ship, but after 33 hours of battling the flames, the Kaga eventually capsized and sank. The original Kaga is much larger than the new one, with a displacement of 38,200 ...

The warship's namesake arises from Kaga Province, an administrative area of Japan that was abolished in the late 1800s. On December 7, 1941, six Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers, including ...

In early September, the 107th Squadron conducted takeoff and landing training with the V-22 on the JMSDF destroyer Izumo, while the sister ship JS Kaga will soon start trials with the F-35B.