Japan has proposed one of its most ambitious defence partnerships with India by offering local production of the Mogami-class stealth frigate under the Make in India programme. According to multiple ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has officially commissioned JS Nagara (FFM-10), the tenth Mogami-class frigate, during a ceremony held at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard ...

The stealth technology of the Mogami-class frigate has been developed based on insights from MHI’s ATD-X Shinshin stealth fighter experimental aircraft. Credit: Department of Defence/Commonwealth of ...

Two recent developments in Japan’s defence outlook have hogged the headlines of major newspapers in Asia. First, Japan announced on 21 April to reverse a landmark policy to lift decades-old ban on ...

Last week Australia and Japan signed a new agreement for the Australian Navy to acquire Japanese-designed Mogami-class frigates. The agreement follows up on the Albanese government’s decision last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A helicopter hovers at the Yokosuka naval base, where defense leaders visited the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force's new ...

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Investing.com --Australia has finalized a contract to purchase the first three of 11 advanced warships from Japan, a major defense agreement aimed at strengthening the Royal Australian Navy while ...

In mid-April 2026, Taiwanese media reported that the Republic of China (ROC) Navy is evaluating Japan’s upgraded Mogami-class frigate, known in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as the New FFM, as ...

HMS Venturer, first of the Type 31 frigates for the Royal Navy, is still being built at the Babcock dockyard in Rosyth - Jane Barlow/PA New Zealand doesn’t look for new warships too often. Its two ...

In February 2025, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy conducted live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea, followed by Chinese aircraft carrier deployments to the western Pacific in June. Japan’s New ...