As Łukasz Michalik, a journalist, explained, the modernization of the JS Kaga means that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has its first aircraft carrier since World War II. The first landing ...

Originally designed as a battleship, the Imperial Japanese Navy's Kaga was later converted into a pioneering aircraft carrier that played a central role in shaping Japan’s naval air strategy. Its ...

The Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, lost at the Battle of ... a participant in the early naval battles of World War II including Pearl Harbor, was mortally wounded by American dive bombers ...

Deep-sea explorers say they have captured detailed images of three iconic shipwrecks from World War II's Battle of Midway, including the first up-close photos of a Japanese aircraft carrier since ...

Japan was one of the greatest naval powers during World War II when it fielded over 20 aircraft carriers until the end of the war. However, the country scrapped all of its carriers after its ...

The Kaga was built as the second of Japan's Izumo-class helicopter-carrying destroyers and entered service in 2017. It bears the name of the World War II-era aircraft carrier Kaga, which took part ...

Japan’s Secret Aircraft Carriers It will be 79 years ago this July 29 that the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Unry -class aircraft carrier Amagi was sunk in port at Kure .

Japan says first modification work on its newly converted light aircraft carrier has been completed ... a capability it hasn't seen since World War II. And it'll need it, too.