TOKYO -- Aircraft carriers from Japan, the U.S. and France are conducting joint drills for the first time off the Philippine ...

American, Japanese and French carriers are currently jointly operating in the Pacific as part of a "multi-large deck event." ...

Izumo-class helicopter carrier has completed its first multilarge deck exercise with foreign navies since being upgraded ...

Japan converted the JS Kaga, a helicopter-carrying destroyer, into a light aircraft carrier. The ship just completed its ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 12 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of February 21.

One thing is certain, as naval ships have only gotten larger and larger throughout naval history. Whether it’s to carry more ...

The deployment helped deepen the French Navy's operational understanding of the region, and learn from and boost ...

Watching its FA18 and F35 fighter jets being hurled into the air every minute or two by the carrier's steam catapults is a ...

The Izumo and Kaga destroyers, each about 248 meters in length and 38 meters in width, are the largest vessels in the MSDF.

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 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, French CSG and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer carrier JS Kaga (DDH-184) ...