The government says F-35B fighter jets will not be deployed full-time on the Kaga and Izumo, so they will not be considered attack aircraft carriers, which are banned under Japan's constitution ...

The warship's namesake arises from Kaga Province, an administrative area of Japan that was abolished in the late 1800s. On December 7, 1941, six Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers ...

Newsweek 's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region. As of March 14, the locations of 12 ...

These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...

the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), and the JMSDF JS Kaga. More than 90 years ago, United States Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers met as adversaries in the waters of the Philippine Sea ...

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense ... An MSDF submarine, along with the destroyer Kaga, which is expected to be converted into an aircraft carrier, and P-1 patrol aircraft, participated in the ...