The head of the Maritime Self-Defense Force intends to resign to take responsibility for a spate of incidents where unqualified MSDF staff were allowed to handle classified national security ...

Maritime Self-Defense Force efforts to scale down manpower and boost efficiency made a significant step with the official ...

Several Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels reportedly allowed unvetted personnel to handle top secret information related to national security, with the MSDF’s top uniformed officer signaling his ...

The Defense Ministry says it has punished 93 members of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, including its chief of staff, Adm. Akira Saito, for improperly receiving goods from four domestic shipbuilding ...

Critics in neighboring countries say the ship could contravene Japan's pacifist constitution Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) has taken delivery of the Izumo, the largest Japanese military ...

Two Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) planes left Japan on Jan. 11 for the Middle East as part of MSDF assets deployed to the region to ensure the safety of Japan-related vessels. The deployment was ...

A Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopter that crashed off Aomori Prefecture in August, leaving three crewmen missing, has been discovered on the bottom of the sea at a depth of approximately ...