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Japan Sent Its 'Aircraft Carrier' Armed with F-35 to America for War Training
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) arrived in San Diego shrouded in dense fog, ...
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Japan Is Looking to Become a Submarine Powerhouse
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) launched its fifth Taigei-class submarine, JS Chogei, as part of a planned fleet ...
Old clips misrepresented as 'Japanese troops deployed to disputed Russian islands'
Unrelated clips of troops from the Japanese Self-Defence Force and naval vessels have been viewed hundreds of thousands of ...
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force hosts international exchange program
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is hosting an exchange program through which it has invited young naval officers from ...
Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost takes command of U.S. forces in Japan
Calling it the "cornerstone of regional peace," the new commander of the U.S. Forces in Japan Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost said he ...
Japan's New Leader Pushes Nuclear Weapons and Controversial 'Asian NATO'
Only a formal regional military alliance can prevent war in the region, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said recently.
US Helps Japan Build First Aircraft Carriers Since WWII Amid China Threat
One of the Japanese warships bears the name of a World War II-era carrier that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Japan's new premier vows to push strong defense under Japan-US alliance and boost economy
The newly elected Japanese prime minister pledged to stick to the vital Japan-U.S. alliance amid growing tension in the ...
New Japanese PM dissolves parliament, calls snap election
Having assumed power through an inner-party vote, Shigeru Ishiba hopes the general election will provide a “mandate” for his ...
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Fighter pilot takes command from airlifter ahead of US Forces Japan overhaul
Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost took over for Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp in a ceremony presided over by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command ...
Ex-Defense Minister Ishiba chosen to lead Japan’s ruling party, setting him up to be prime minister
The party leadership win is a ticket to the top job because the Liberal Democratic Party’s ruling coalition currently ...
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last of Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack force, dies at 106
Now I think of the men who were on board those ships we torpedoed. I think of the people who died because of me. They were young men, just like we were,” said Mr. Yoshioka in a 2023 interview.