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Is Japan’s Navy Actually Better Than China’s?
While often overshadowed by China’s massive and rapidly growing fleet, Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) is a ...
A team of scientists discovered a Japanese naval destroyer for the first time since it was sunk by American troops in World ...
Lack of instructions to the crew and their failure to keep a lookout and communicate led two Japanese navy helicopters to collide during training, killing all eight people on board, a Japanese ...
China has claimed that it has "sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction" over the Taiwan Strait.
Two Japanese naval ships have docked at Cambodia's Ream Naval Base, whose recently completed Chinese-funded upgrade has heightened U.S. concerns that it will be used as a strategic outpost for ...
Wreckage of sunken Japanese WWII ship found Deep-sea explorers say they have captured detailed images of three iconic shipwrecks from World War II's Battle of Midway, including the first up-close ...
The Philippine Navy is sending a joint visual inspection (JVI) team to Japan next month to conduct an in-depth assessment of ...
Sailors in the Japanese navy are served curry nearly every Friday at base dining halls and in ship galleys. The service picked up the tradition from the United Kingdom, which adopted curry from India.
By sending warships beyond Japan, the Chinese Navy is demonstrating its ability to project sea and air power far past its home waters.
The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep waters south of Australia's Christmas Island.
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Navy on Monday reminded its service members and civilians in Japan to be “good ambassadors” on beaches in Kanagawa prefecture, where authorities allege a U.S ...
Three U.S. Navy supercarriers are operating in the Western Pacific this week amid mounting tensions between China and Taiwan, as well as U.S. treaty allies Japan and the Philippines.