Japan now operates five cutting-edge Taigei-class submarines, in addition to its 12 Soryu-class and 6 Oyashio-class vessels.

Japan has commissioned its fifth Taigei-class diesel‑electric attack submarine, JS Chogei. The submarine was formally ...

Diesel-electric submarines like the Taigei class offer Japan a fearsome weapon against China—at a fraction of the cost of ...

Key Points - Japan's Taigei-class ("Big Whale") diesel-electric attack submarines, with four completed by 2025 including the recently commissioned JS Raigei, represent a significant leap in ...

On March 6, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned the fourth Hibiki-class auxiliary ocean surveillance ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has dispatched a surveillance plane and a navy ship after spotting a Russian submarine off the coast of a southwestern island near Taiwan. The Japanese Joint Staff said the Russian ...

Japan took the unusual step Monday of announcing that it had carried out the drills, which also involved two destroyers and a helicopter carrier. p pulse Follow TOKYO — A Japanese submarine ...

The first female student was admitted to Japan's national naval submarine academy Wednesday after the end of a ban on women on the country's submarines. Saki Takenouchi, 26, entered the academy in a ...