In August 1945, just as World War II came to an end, the U.S. Navy encountered something deeply unsettling in the Pacific. A ...

In June 1942, Japan’s seemingly invincible carrier fleet sailed to crush the U.S. Navy at Midway. American codebreakers knew they were coming. Within hours, four Japanese carriers burned, and the tide ...

Japan is converting two naval vessels into aircraft carriers to bolster its defense posture in its southwestern islands.

TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) -Two Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted conducting simultaneous operations in the Pacific for the first time, in a move that Japan's defence minister said signified Beijing ...

November 15, 2024: For over a year U.S. Marine Corps F-35B vertical takeoff (VTOL) fighters have operated from one of the two new Japanese aircraft carriers to test their flight decks for heat ...

FILE -The Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, sails into Hong Kong for a port call to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) garrison's presence in the ...

A model and painting of China's Liaoning aircraft carrier at the Military Museum in Beijing - Copyright AFP Pedro PARDO A model and painting of China's Liaoning ...

The planned delivery of the first six F-35B Lightning II fighters for Japan in FY2024 has now been pushed back to sometime during FY2025, Japan’s Defense Minister announced. The delivery of the first ...

Japan’s two largest carriers are seeing slower-than-expected recovery on their Mainland China network, echoing a sentiment made a year ago in the aftermath of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions.

TOKYO — Defense ministers from Japan and Britain hailed their “deep strategic alignment” on Thursday as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made its first port call in Tokyo. The HMS Prince of Wales, which ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — A Chinese aircraft carrier ...