Japan has won Australia’s multi-billion dollar frigate project, in an epoch-making decision that will elevate the bilateral relationship to even greater heights as quasi-allies in coming decades. On ...

In Japan, an official naming and launching ceremony was held at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki to mark the entry into the water of JS Yoshii, the 12th and final Mogami-class ...

The Australian Government has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ upgraded Mogami-class frigate as the preferred platform for the Royal Australian Navy’s future fleet of general purpose frigates, ...

A computer-generated image of an Upgraded Mogami-class Frigate (4,800 ton type). Credit: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries On April 18, Japan and Australia announced the official signing of a milestone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan has secured its biggest arms export deal ever through its new Mogami-class frigate. The $6.5 billion sale will see Australia ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the 12th Mogami-class guided-missile frigate on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The vessel, which will be in service as ...

Aug. 5 (UPI) --The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group announced Tuesday that the Australian government has chosen it to build a new fleet of warships for the nation's navy. The Japanese shipbuilder ...

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 ...

Australia has chosen Japan to build 11 general-purpose frigates at a cost of around $10 billion (US$6.47 billion), Defence Minister Richard Marles and Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy have ...