Homeland Security Today

U.S. Navy, JMSDF EOD Strengthen Relationship During Mine Exercise IWOTO 2019

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the U.S. Navy participate in a live bottom mine contact charge demonstration during IWOTO 2019 on ...
USNI

Japanese Warships Preparing for Pacific Deployment Later This Month

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will launch its Indo-Pacific Deployment on April 21. A total of five ships forming four surface units deploy during the mission period, supported by submarines ...
USNI

Japan Holds Minelaying Drills Around Strategic Islands Near Taiwan

Minesweeper tender JS Uraga (MST-463) and destroyer JS Sawagiri (DD-157) practice minelaying south of the Sakishima Islands, Oct 3, 2025. Joint Staff Office of the Japan Self-Defense Forces photo ...
The National Interest

Three Nations’ Carriers Just Completed Exercises in the Philippine Sea

The recently-concluded Pacific Steller exercises ran from February 8 to 18, and included the FS Charles de Gaulle, the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), and the JMSDF JS Kaga. More than 90 years ago, United ...