Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) launched the 12th and final Mogami-class multirole frigate for the ...

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Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the 12th Mogami-class guided-missile frigate on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

There are three major reasons why the upgraded Mogami-class frigate was selected, in a major milestone for Japan's defense industry. Tokyo is rapidly acquiring missile-laden combat frigates to counter ...

Instead of producing 22 Mogami-class frigates, the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) will transition to an improved design around halfway through the programme. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense ...

With Australia’s selection of the Mogami-class for Project Sea 3000, Mitsubishi is investigating local production in the next decade as potential export opportunities emerge. Since Australia’s August ...

Japan on December 26 approved $58 billion (9.04 trillion yen) defense budget for fiscal year 2026, as Tokyo faces growing ...

In Japan, an official naming and launching ceremony was held at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki to mark ...

There remain modern proponents of battleships who argue that the U.S. Navy should return its old Iowa-class warships to service. Yet apart from Russia’s antiquated battlecruisers, no nation on the ...

JS Mogami seen here at an International Fleet Review commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at Sagami Bay. (Issei Kato – Pool/Getty Images) In ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Australian government has shortlisted German and Japanese shipbuilders for Australia’s Sea 3000 frigate project, as Korean and Spanish contenders fell by the wayside.

JS Mogami was commissioned in a ceremony held on April 28 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works. Credit: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Subscribe for ads-free reading The ...