The JMSDF is procuring Sakura-class OPVs at a rapid pace to strengthen maritime surveillance around Japan amid growing regional security pressures, particularly China’s expanding maritime activities.

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the U.S. Navy participate in a live bottom mine contact charge demonstration during IWOTO 2019 on ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will launch its Indo-Pacific Deployment on April 21. A total of five ships forming four surface units deploy during the mission period, supported by submarines ...

Ships from the U.S. and Indian navies and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force transit in formation during Malabar 2014. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chris Cavagnaro) Trilateral ...

Tokyo is rapidly acquiring missile-laden combat frigates to counter China and Russia in the East China Sea and the broader Indo-Pacific theater. MHI launched Nagara, the tenth Mogami-class frigate on ...

The recently-concluded Pacific Steller exercises ran from February 8 to 18, and included the FS Charles de Gaulle, the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), and the JMSDF JS Kaga. More than 90 years ago, United ...