The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is working on converting JS Kaga, a helicopter carrier, into an aircraft carrier and the first of the two-stage modification was completed last month.

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 ...

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 ...

These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...

The Maritime Self-Defense Force is upgrading its Izumo and Kaga destroyers into de facto aircraft carriers, equipping them to operate the F-35B stealth fighter, which features short takeoff and ...

USS Carl Vinson , JS Kaga , and FS ... in the Philippine Sea. (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Izumo-class helicopter carrier has completed its ...

The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group will carry out the week-long French-hosted exercise Pacific Steller with the French CSG and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer carrier JS Kaga (DDH ...

(Fille photo courtesy of the Navy) The San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson will join aircraft carriers from France and Japan for a major ... Charles De Gaulle, and JS Kaga in the Pacific Steller ...