Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)

USS Ronald Reagan, JS Izumo Sail Together in South China Sea

June 14, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Akebono (DD-108), JS Izumo (DDH-183), JS Murasame (DD-101), South China Sea, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) participated in a cooperative deployment with Japan Maritime Self-Defense

Asia-Pacific Military Exercises

Mutinational Pacific Vanguard Exercise Launched on Guam

May 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Australia, Exercise Pacific Vanguard, Guam, Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Military exercise, Republic of Korea Navy, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), South Korea, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

In a first of its kind event, maritime forces from Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea and the United States arrived

Asia-Pacific Deployments Naval

U.S., Japanese Warships Conduct Cooperative Deployment in Strait of Malacca

May 21, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Izumo (DDH-183), JS Murasame (DD-101), Strait of Malacca, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)

The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Asia-Pacific Military Exercises Naval

U.S., Allied Forces Begin La Perouse Exercises with French Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle in Bay of Bengal

May 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, Bay of Bengal, Charles de Gaulle (R91), Exercise La Perouse, France, French Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Military exercise, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Ships from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy commenced drills with French Navy

Asia-Pacific Deployments Naval

U.S., Partner Navies Sail Together in South China Sea

May 12, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BRP Andrés Bonifacio (PS-17), Indian Navy (IN), INS Kolkata (D63), INS Shakti (A57), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Izumo (DDH-183), JS Murasame (DD-101), Philippine Navy, South China Sea, U.S. Navy (USN), USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110)

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer joined ships from the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Republic of Philippine

Asia-Pacific Military Exercises

US, UK, Japan Maritime Forces to Conduct Second Trilateral Exercise, to be Focused on Anti-Submarine Warfare

March 13, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), Boeing P-8 Poseidon, HMS Montrose (F236), Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Murasame (DD-101), Kawasaki P-1, Military exercise, Pacific Ocean, Royal Navy, U.S. Navy (USN), UK, USA

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Royal Navy and U.S. Navy will come together for their second trilateral exercise, March 14,

Asia-Pacific Naval

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Commissions Second Asahi-Class Destroyer, JS Shiranui

March 1, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Asahi-class destroyer, Destroyer, Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JMSDF Ōminato Base, JS Shiranui (DD-120), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned its second Asahi-class destroyer, JS Shiranui (DD-120) during a ceremony at the

Air Asia-Pacific

Japan Commits to Acquire 105 Additional F-35 Aircraft

January 10, 2019June 9, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, National Security Council (Japan)

Japan’s National Security Council and Cabinet authorized acquisition for 105 additional F-35 aircraft beyond the already approved 42 F-35s in

Air Asia-Pacific Naval

South Korean Navy Destroyer Directs Fire-Control Radar at Japanese P-1 Patrol Aircraft

December 25, 2018 DP Staff Writer 1 Comment Destroyer, Fire control radar (FCR), Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer, Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Kawasaki P-1, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Republic of Korea Navy, South Korea

A Republic of Korea (South Korea) Navy Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer has directed a fire-control radar at a Japan Maritime

Americas Naval

JMSDF, Royal Navy and U.S. Navy Join Forces for Trilateral Exercise Off Japan for First Time

December 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), Boeing P-8 Poseidon, HMS Argyll (F231), Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Izumo (DDH-183), Military exercise, Royal Navy, U.S. Navy (USN), UK, USA

For the first time, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Royal Navy and U.S. Navy joined forces for a trilateral exercise,