Japan's Defense Ministry and lawmakers are reacting to what appears to be unauthorized drone footage of a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer ... showing a bird's-eye view of a large ship ...

Japan is showing off the first changes made to one of its helicopter-carrying destroyers to turn it into a light aircraft ...

The Japanese government said on April 2 that a video spreading on social media that appears to be drone footage of the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Izumo destroyer may be a “fake” video.

The Defense Ministry has concluded that a viral video of Japan’s largest destroyer appears to be real, stating it is highly likely a drone illegally flew over Yokosuka Naval Base to film it.

Ditto even for the militaries of the United States and its other allies. Japan’s Izumo-class helicopter destroyers displace around 27,000 tons when fully loaded and are comparable in size to ...

The Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki briefly entered Chinese territorial waters for approximately 20 minutes in July 2024. This ...