Japan has launched a new Taigei-class sub every year since 2020. These "Big Whale" subs are expected to hunt Chinese warships should a war break out. Their advanced capabilities and stealth make them ...

Key Points - Japan's Taigei-class ("Big Whale") diesel-electric attack submarines, with four completed by 2025 including the recently commissioned JS Raigei, represent a significant leap in ...

Japan has imposed strict sanctions on Kawasaki Heavy Industries after confirming that the company falsified submarine engine ...

Japan Considers Nuclear-Powered Submarines Amid Regional Tensions As South Korea and U.S. advance discussions, Japans review ...

Japan is making bold moves to change its anti-war culture. That’s not by choice. It’s out of necessity. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is enhancing its size and capabilities because Tokyo ...

Japan on December 26 approved $58 billion (9.04 trillion yen) defense budget for fiscal year 2026, as Tokyo faces growing ...

With the outcome of the long-awaited SEA 1000 Competitive Evaluation Process seeing France’s DCNS announced as the international design partner for the future submarines, Australia must now manage the ...

The Japanese Navy included five Type A midget submarines in the Pearl Harbor raid of 7 December 1941. Transported on board large I type submarines, the midgets were launched near the entrance to Pearl ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is ready to match European rivals and build a fleet of submarines for Canberra entirely at Australian shipyards, a senior Japanese official said on Tuesday, after stumbling in ...

TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japan will get the chance to pursue an unprecedented military export deal when its defense and foreign ministers meet their Australian counterparts in Tokyo next month. Japan ...