The American amphibious assault ship, USS America, can support flight operations by F-35B stealth fighter aircraft.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi on Friday said Japan will step up military cooperation with Germany in the Indo-Pacific region as he welcomed a port call by the first German warship to visit Japan in ...

Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.