Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Design A-150 “Super Yamato” was meant to be the ultimate battleship: up to 70,000–90,000 ...

The Japanese Navy, or as they’re officially known, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), is slated to operate a total of twelve Sōryū-class submarines. These diesel-electric attack ...

Japan approved 847.2 billion yen ($5.4 billion) defense spending in the fiscal 2025 supplementary budget amid growing ...

In October, Japan’s newest Taigei-class attack submarine reached a new milestone. During a ceremony at manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe City, Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force launched ...

In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school students held mirrors to their faces, stretching the sides of their mouths upward with their fingers: they were practising ...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the third Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The new 3,000-tonne ...

Capt. David Schappert, left, commander of Submarine Squadron 15, observes the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine JS Soryu as it arrives in Apra Harbor, Guam, for a port visit, June 7, 2018.

Japan has begun offering classes and celebrating holidays that encourage men to appreciate their wives. Right now Japan is in the midst of a fertility crisis, which could be partly related to the lack ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (July 26, 2019) -- Men and women slowly trickle into a classroom and take their seats. They hail from places as diverse as the United States, Mexico, Palau, American Samoa and Germany ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (March 30, 2021) – A weeklong orientation that introduces newly arrived Camp Zama personnel to the culture, customs and language of Japan resumed in-person meetings for Soldier and ...