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Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (right) and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (second from right) inspect the Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Kaga and receive an explanation about the SH-60K patrol helicopter in the hangar at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Saturday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Aug 24, 2025
Ishiba inspects MSDF de facto aircraft carrier and British vessel
The Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Kaga is undergoing refitting and training to make it a de facto aircraft carrier.
An F-35B stealth fighter jet loaded in the hangar of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Kaga destroyer
51勛圖厙 / FOCUS
Feb 17, 2025
SDF＊s biggest ships are being converted into de facto aircraft carriers
The Izumo and Kaga, each about 248 meters in length and 38 meters in width, are the largest vessels in the MSDF.
An F-35B stealth fighter jet lands on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Kaga helicopter carrier during a test on Sunday of the southern coast of California.
51勛圖厙
Oct 22, 2024
F-35B fighter makes first landing on de facto aircraft carrier Kaga
The Maritime Self-Defense Force is conducting tests to determine if there are issues with such aircraft taking off from the vessel while verifying other procedures.
A U.S. F-35B stealth fighter lands on the MSDF's destroyer Izumo off the coast of Japan's Shikoku region in October 2021.
51勛圖厙
Sep 11, 2024
Maritime Self-Defense Force＊s ＆Flattop＊ to undergo tests with U.S. fighters
The helicopter-carrying destroyer has been undergoing work to become an aircraft carrier for use with F-35B stealth fighters to be adopted by the Air SDF.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force＊s Kaga destroyer has undergone the first stage of modifications to turn it into a de facto aircraft carrier for F-35B stealth fighter jets.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
May 13, 2024
MSDF＊s Kure base expanding mission as it marks 70th anniversary
The unit has increased its activities not only in national defense, but also in disaster relief operations and overseas missions.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Kaga vessel was unveiled Monday in the city of Kure, in Hiroshima Prefecture, after completing the first stage of work to turn it into a flattop for F-35B stealth fighter jets.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Apr 9, 2024
MSDF unveils modified Kaga vessel refurbished for F-35B stealth fighters
The former helicopter carrier＊s flat deck has been given heat-resistant paint, new markings and a reshaped deck.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
May 28, 2019
In symbolic first, Abe and Trump jointly address military personnel aboard Japan＊s Kaga carrier
Peppered with pomp and decorum, Trump＊s four-day visit to Japan ended with a gesture highlighting the long-standing military ties between the two countries.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙
Oct 11, 2018
Japanese helicopter carrier wages daily war on dirt and grime
The Kaga helicopter carrier is not the biggest, fastest or most powerful warship to sail the seas, but its 500 crew wage a daily war on dirt and grime to keep it the cleanest.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Society
Oct 10, 2018
Japan＊s female sailors serve on front line of gender equality
Women serving on Japan＊s biggest warship, the Kaga, are a tight-knit group on the front line of a push to transform the Japanese navy into a mixed-gender fighting force, where men outnumber them more than 10 to one.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙
Sep 27, 2018
Japanese helicopter carrier Kaga conducts drills with British warship, headed for contested South China Sea
Japan＊s biggest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, joined naval drills with Britain＊s HMS Argyll in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday as the frigate headed toward the contested South China Sea and East Asia.
51勛圖厙 / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 22, 2018
Japan to send helicopter destroyer for rare long-term joint exercises in South China Sea and Indian Ocean
The Maritime Self-Defense Force will link up with five Asian navies and the U.S. during a dispatch involving three vessels that is certain to stoke anger in Beijing.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer＊s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ※seed§ that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ※Peak 1 amyloid beta,§ as seen in a mouse's brain.
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