Japan is looking to exports to revitalize its defense industry, strengthen regional deterrence against China and help meet ...

The JMSDF's second Mogami-class frigate, JS Kumano , seen here during a stop in Singapore. Australia will acquire an improved variant of the warship for its general purpose frigate programme.

New defense upgrade: Australia will fit its future Mogami-class frigates with Raytheon’s SeaRAM missile system to bolster close-range air and missile defense. Allied tech integration: The move ...

Who Is Asim Munir, Trump’s ‘Favorite Field Marshal’? Tokyo is rapidly acquiring missile-laden combat frigates to counter China and Russia in the East China Sea and the broader Indo-Pacific theater.

MHI launched Tatsuta, the 11th Mogami-class frigate on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), in a ceremony held at its facilities in Nagasaki, Japan, July 2, 2025. Credit: Takahashi ...

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) — Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday to deliver the first three of a 10 billion Australian dollar ($6.5 billion) fleet of Japanese-designed warships, with the ...