The operational tests for F-35B stealth fighters comes after Japan recently finished modification work on a newly converted ...

Japan’s largest warship, Izumo-class carrier JS Kaga (DDH-184), is headed to California later this year to hold F-35B ...

Japan is sending its modified Izumo-class helicopter carrier, JS Kaga, to the U.S. West Coast for flight operations with the ...

It’s a crucial step for Tokyo’s ambition to convert two Izumo-class vessels into fully-fledged aircraft carriers.

Japan had invested in modifying the two helicopter carriers, JS Izumo and JS Kaga, into "Lightning carriers" prior to its defense budgets in 2023. In 2021, the Izumo held the initial F-35B STOVL ...

Japan's return to the aircraft carrier club will advance with JS Kaga set to spend over a month conducting flight test work ...

Liaoning Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployed to the Philippine Sea Wednesday, in the carrier’s first western Pacific ...

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber conducted operations alongside four Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A ...

Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian aircraft flew around the archipelago for the first time in five years, Tokyo said ...

Japan announced plans to test F-35B stealth fighters on its new destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier. The testing, supported by the US Navy, will happen in October and November. It's the latest ...

were announced by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday. The main objective is "to collect the data necessary for ship-based operation of F-35B on IZUMO-class vessels," specifically short ...