In a post made via its official social media page on 18 April, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) disclosed that Vice Admiral Omachi Katsushi, its fleet commander, had visited JS Asuka ...

Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby joins Secretary of the Navy John Phelan and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith for testimony at the House Appropriations Subcommittee on ...

(Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) Two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) naval vessels made a port of call at Ream Naval Base in Cambodia on 19 April. According to a statement released by ...

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Jay M. Bargeron, left, commander, 3d Marine Division and U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, commander, 1st Marine Division ...

#ATLA has accomplished ship-board firing test of railgun first time in the world with the cooperation of the JMSDF. To protect vessels against air-threats and surface-threats by high-speed bullets ...

The railgun was pictured by Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) undergoing some advanced testing. JMSDF confirmed that the commander of its Self Defense Fleet Vice Admiral Omachi ...

Col. John Paul Salgado, chief of the Balikatan 2025 Combined Joint Information Bureau, said the Philippine Navy, the US Navy, US Coast Guard and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF ...

Japan has been actively developing electromagnetic railgun technology since 2016, aiming to enhance its defense capabilities against advanced aerial and maritime threats. This initiative is part ...

Japan has unveiled a powerful new weapon capable of reaching speeds of 5,600mph. The cutting-edge railgun has been designed to intercept threats like hypersonic missiles and drone swarms, and ...

Media access to the base was restricted on Saturday when the Japanese vessels Bungo and Etajima from the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) made a port call.