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 ...

When the airframes of two missing Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopters were detected on the Pacific Ocean seabed at a depth of about 5,500 meters in July 2024, it seemed impossible to ...

Japan's Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said the U.S. joined search-and-rescue efforts to find the remaining seven missing MSDF crew members. File photo by Keizo Mori/UPI April 23 (UPI) --Japan's ...

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 ministry said the former admiral requested an MSDF unit in charge of collecting and analyzing information in January 2020 to brief him about the latest state of security affairs but had not ...

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 ...

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 ...