Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Latest Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Stories

Radar For Japan’s New Missile Defense Ships Passes Critical Space Object Tracking Test

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Apr 2, 2024

Japan’s Futuristic Mogami Frigates: Everything You Need To Know

By Oliver Parken / Updated Nov 17, 2023

Japan’s Railgun Performs First Test Firing At Sea

By Oliver Parken / Updated Oct 17, 2023

Japan’s Missile Defense Ships Will Now Be Multi-Role, Cruiser-Like

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Aug 31, 2023

Japan Kicks Off New Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Project

By Oliver Parken / Updated Jun 8, 2023

Japan’s Converted F-35B Carrier Leaves Dock Sporting New Bow

By Oliver Parken / Updated Apr 21, 2023

First Rendering Of Japan’s Ballistic Missile Defense Ship Concept Released

By Emma Helfrich / Updated Dec 29, 2022

Japan Plans Giant Missile Defense Ships, Its Largest Post-WWII Surface Combatants

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Sep 8, 2022

This Shot Of 11 Japanese Hatsuyuki-Class Destroyers Is Damn Impressive

By Emma Helfrich / Updated Jun 16, 2022

China Releases Image Of Japanese Carrier Sailing Right Alongside Its Own Carrier

By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 30, 2021

Japan Wants To Arm Its Submarines With Long-Range Cruise Missiles: Report

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Dec 30, 2021

The Last Time A Japanese Warship Shot Down A U.S. Navy Plane Was Actually Not So Long Ago

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 5, 2021

China’s Liaoning Carrier Strike Group Passes Through Japan’s Miyako Strait

By Adam Kehoe / Updated Apr 4, 2021

Veteran Submariners Explain What Might Have Caused Japanese Submarine Collision

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 9, 2021

Check Out The Damage To This Japanese Submarine After It Collided With A Cargo Ship (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 9, 2021

Japan Considers Building Two Super-Sized Destroyers As An Alternative To Aegis Ashore

By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 2, 2020