Japan was at one time a pretty formidable imperial power with a massive array of military, air, and naval units dominating the waters and skies around the island nation. It was this robust ...

While training with the F-35s is being carried out on land, the aircraft will eventually be transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF’s) two Izumo-class destroyers. The Japanese ...

Japan insists that its Izumo class ships are helicopter destroyers, not aircraft carriers, yet their size and layout tell a different story. Built under constitutional limits imposed after World War ...

Tokyo has clearly sought to downplay the fact that its flattops are aircraft carriers—possibly owing to political sensitivities, as the Japanese military has not operated carriers since World War II.