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If it eventuates, the $3.6 billion deal would represent the largest-ever arms transfer between the two nations. April 08, 2021 Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launches the JS Mogami, the second completed Mogami-class frigate, in a March 3 ceremony at the company’s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works. Credit: Facebook/Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Advertisement At the end of March, I reported on the agreement penned between Japan and Indonesia, opening the way to Japanese defense exports to the Indonesian armed forces. The pact was signed during “two plus two” security talks on...

Last week, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship JS Aki (AOS-5203).

Japan commissions third Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship 04 March 2021 by Kosuke Takahashi The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its third Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship in a ceremony held on 4 March in the Japanese city of Tamano, southern Okayama Prefecture. The JMSDF commissioned Aki , its third Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship, in a ceremony held on 4 March in Tamano City, southern Okayama Prefecture. (JMSDF) Named Aki (with pennant number AOS 5203), the small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) vessel was inducted into the service’s Ocean Surveillance D...

Lead next-gen multi-mission frigate launched for JMSDF March 3, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched JS Mogami (FFM-1), the first-in-class of next-generation multi-mission frigates ordered by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The naming and launching ceremony took place at MHI’s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works on 3 March 2021. MAR,the naming and launch ceremony was held at Nagasaki Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. for the new FFM named “MOGAMI”. She is the fir...