Japan Announces Indo-Pacific Warship Deployment Ahead of U.S.-led RIMPAC Exercise
Four Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships will leave later this month for a four-month deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region, Japan’s…
Japan Countering China’s Naval Build-up with Modern Fleet
Last month, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commissioned JS Kumano, the first of its new Mogami-class multi-role frigates. The warship…
Navy, Marines Drill with Japanese Forces in Test of New Island-Hopping Concept
The U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Japanese Self-Defense Force teamed up in the Philippine and East China seas to…
U.S. Carrier Group, Two Amphibious Ready Groups Drill in Philippine Sea with Japan
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A U.S. Navy carrier strike group and two amphibious ready groups are drilling in the Philippine…