At first glance, the Kawasaki P-1 might look like a passenger aircraft, but it’s far from ordinary. Designed by Japan to ...

General Yoshijirō Umezu’s face darkened as he read the shocking proposal before him. The largest submarines ever built, carrying specially-designed aircraft on a one-way mission to the U.S. West Coast ...

Named Raigei, Japan's new submarine is powered by diesel-electric engines generating 6,000 hp and has a maximum underwater speed of 20 knots.

Japan has commissioned its fourth Taigei-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK). The boat, which has been named JS Raigei , ...

The U.S. Navy began anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises in Hawaii and Guam on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a Chinese and a Russian ...

Multiple bodies have been found in the wreckage of two Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol helicopters salvaged from the ...

The State Department notified Congress this week of a potential $200 million foreign military sale to support Japan’s Hyper ...

Kawasaki Heavy built the Raigei submarine at a cost of 70.2 billion yen ($470 million). The vessel measures 84 meters long with a displacement of about 3,000 tonnes. The submarine will be deployed at ...

Japan has commissioned one of the most advanced conventional submarines in the world, with the Raigei the latest in a class of hunter-killer vessels designed to operate in the relatively shallow ...

North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the U.S. State media on Saturday ...