Japan plans to field a second F-35B squadron by the end of the decade, according to a Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD) ...

February 3, 2025: In early 2017 Japan put into service a second 27,000 ton destroyer, the Kaga DDH 184 that looks exactly like an aircraft carrier. Actually, it looks like an LPH, an amphibious ship ...

The warship's namesake arises from Kaga Province, an administrative area of Japan that was abolished in the late 1800s. On December 7, 1941, six Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers ...

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, French CSG and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer carrier JS Kaga (DDH-184) ...

Izumo-class helicopter carrier has completed its first multilarge deck exercise with foreign navies since being upgraded ...

One thing is certain, as naval ships have only gotten larger and larger throughout naval history. Whether it’s to carry more ...

Performance tests conducted in October and November last year, with cooperation from the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, confirmed that the upgraded Kaga can accommodate the F-35B without issue.

This follows similar trials with the U.S. Navy’s F-35B on the Izumo-class vessel. -The transformation of Japan’s JS Kaga and ...

Pacific Steller 2025' involved the participation of French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle and its aero naval strike group ...

These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has ... amphibious assault ships of the U.S. Navy. The Izumo has also completed the ...