Tokyo is stepping up its campaign to win a lucrative Australian naval contract by pledging to give "priority" to warship ...

Although details remain under wraps, experts speculate the design of the warship could draw on the advanced destroyers of Japan's s Maritime Self-Defence Forces, retooled to meet Indonesia's ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

A winning bid for a decadelong Australian frigate program would be a major breakthrough for Japan’s defense industry ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — At least three U.S. Navy ships and four Marine Corps Ospreys will join an annual amphibious exercise ...

Shield AI's V-Bat unmanned air vehicle has been selected to operate from warships operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense ...

Chinese government ships navigated near Japan's Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea almost every day last year. Japanese authorities confirmed that Chinese vessels seen in the latter part of the ...

The Greens are calling for the Albanese government to immediately confirm with the Japanese consulate whether Japanese whaling “research” vessels are currently operating in the Southern Ocean, and if ...

The Japanese prime minister visited Indonesia and Malaysia, as part of efforts to integrate the Southeast Asian nations into ...

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...

TOKYO -- Chinese and Russian warship activity around Japan's southwestern islands spiked in 2024, a Nikkei tally finds, demonstrating the heightened tensions in the area. Nikkei tabulated ...