Japan has struggled to export cutting-edge defense equipment. However, past disappointments have been turned on their head ...

Australia’s Department of Defense announced this week that, after a close race, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) had emerged ...

This week, the Australian government announced that Japan has won the hard-fought competition to provide the Royal Australian ...

Australia said Tuesday it accepted a Japanese company's bid for a lucrative and hotly contested contract to build Australian ...

Japan's successful bid will serve as a confidence booster and could set a favorable precedent for other countries to consider ...

ASPI Resident Senior Fellow Director David Wroe discusses the recent frigate deal between Australia and Japan. “The rival was ...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build the navy’s new fleet of frontline warships after beating its German rival in a ...

In July 2025, the Spanish Navy frigate Méndez Núñez made port calls at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) bases in ...

Japan has triumphed over Germany to win a substantial contract building frigates for the Australian navy. Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is set to build 11 warships for the Australian ...

Australia will spend $10 billion on eleven new frigates that will initially be constructed in Japan. Defence analysts say ...

The Albanese government has refused to disclose the cost of a new fleet of Japanese Mogami-class frigates, and the Clintons ...

Australia is to upgrade its navy with 11 Mogami-class frigates built by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Australian ...