Key point: Japan is still a power to be reckoned with. The modern Japan Maritime Self Defense Force trace its roots to the Imperial Japanese Navy. Established in July 1869, the ...

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group will carry out the week-long French-hosted exercise Pacific Steller with the French CSG ...

Japan realized this after losing four carriers ... designed from the keel-up as an aircraft carrier. Compared to modern carriers, she was small, displacing only 15,000 tons of seawater and ...

The carrier departed from San Diego in October and participated last week in a trilateral naval exercise with Japan and South Korea in the East China Sea. Yokosuka has been home to a continuous U ...

“This is yet another 'edge ball' played by the Japanese government... China can only respond to 'Izumo', this light aircraft carrier dressed as an 'escort vessel', by developing a real aircraft ...

Bangladesh’s Meghna Group of Industries has bought a Japanese-owned ultramax bulk carrier, according to reports from brokers. The company is said to have paid $29.2m for Tokei Kaiun’s Iwagi-built ...