East Asia and Pacific Region
Japan’s First FFM Frigate JS Mogami Started Sea Trials
Pictures by local ship spotters in Nagasaki show that the first FFM Frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) started sea trials on 10 October 2021. The vessel is named after the Mogami River […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
US Navy and JMSDF Exercises In South China Sea
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Kashima-class training vessel JS Kashima (TV 3508) and Shimayuki-class training vessel JS Shimayuki (TV 3513) conducted bilateral exercises while […]
Defense Industry
Too Expensive and Complex Export Laws: Japanese Defense Industries Faces Existential Threat Without Exports
13 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan’s biggest defence contractor, has warned that the survival of the country’s struggling defence sector is at stake as the government debates a historic increase in military spending to counter the […]
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