The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) arrived in San Diego shrouded in dense fog, ...

The Indo-Pacific region sees frequent tense incidents between China, the US and Japanese air powers. How do they work ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is hosting an exchange program through which it has invited young naval officers from ...

Amongst Japan’s three services, there has always been a clear hierarchy in prestige and influence: the Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF), the Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF), and then the ...

Unrelated clips of troops from the Japanese Self-Defence Force and naval vessels have been viewed hundreds of thousands of ...

The Philippines held a joint patrol in the South China Sea that included forces from Japan, Australia, the U.S. and New ...

Meanwhile, Japan's Ministry of Defense has published its own analysis on China's South China Sea building activities.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Takanami-class destroyer JS Sazanami (DD-113) transits the East China Sea in 2017. US Navy Photo A Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) guided-missile ...

The mayor of this east Japan city has apologized for going "too far" by mobilizing more than 230 employees for a parade of an ...

One of the Japanese warships bears the name of a World War II-era carrier that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

said the skipper of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Suzutsuki was replaced in July but declined to identify the officer or say why the move was made. Kihara also declined to ...

It was a show of force and test of interoperability by the militaries of the Philippines, the United States and other major allies, which kicked off their joint maneuvers in different parts of the ...