BMT and Japan Marine United have secured a contract to design and construct a new class of high speed landing craft for the Japan Self Defense Force. This project contract, from Japan's ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its fourth Awaji-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) on 12 ...

On April 19, reporters were allowed into the Isogo Works of leading shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corp. (JMU)’s Yokohama Shipyard to see what work has been done to date. The construction work ...

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has launched Japan’s first Arctic research vessel, named ...

A third Marine Corps squadron of F-35B Lightning II fighters arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, marking the latest ...

In what is believed to be the first time in years that the Defense Ministry will collaborate with an overseas ship designer, shipbuilder Japan Marine United (JMU) and British-based maritime design ...

At a Cabinet meeting on March 11, the Japanese government appointed Lieutenant General Nagumo Kenichiro, vice chief of staff ...

A recent trial by the Marine Corps of an experimental landing ship ended with the vessel failing to offload equipment at a coastal training area near Tokyo and heading back to port.

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- The U.S. military in Japan has charged a Marine with rape and other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in the alleged sexual assault of 14-year old girl in ...

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is operating in the Sea of Japan after wrapping a five-day port visit to South ...