Tokyo is rapidly acquiring missile-laden combat frigates to counter China and Russia in the East China Sea and the broader Indo-Pacific theater. MHI launched Nagara, the tenth Mogami-class frigate on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the Japanese navy’s in-service Mogami-class frigates. Australia is procuring a larger, upgraded version. (Gordon Arthur) ...

New defense upgrade: Australia will fit its future Mogami-class frigates with Raytheon’s SeaRAM missile system to bolster close-range air and missile defense. Allied tech integration: The move ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday to deliver the first three of a 10 billion Australian ...

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has delivered the seventh Mogami-class frigate on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). A statement released by MHI on 21 May ...

MHI launched Tatsuta, the 11th Mogami-class frigate on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), in a ceremony held at its facilities in Nagasaki, Japan, July 2, 2025. Credit: Takahashi ...

January 31, 2026: At the end of 2025, Japan launched the twelfth and last of the Mogami-class frigates. Until 2023 Japan planned to build 24 new FFM Mogami class missile frigates, to be procured in ...

The Australian Government is accelerating the delivery of a larger and more lethal surface combatant fleet with the selection of the upgraded Japanese Mogami-class frigate as the preferred platform ...

Amid Japan’s historic loosening of its post-war arms export curbs, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh visited the Japan ...

A model of the Improved Mogami class on display at Indo Pacific 2025. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat) Australia’s fleet of Improved Mogami-class frigates are being built to accommodate the Naval Strike Missile ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday to deliver the first three of a 10 billion Australian dollar ($6.5 billion) fleet of Japanese-designed warships, with the first ...

MELBOURNE, Australia--Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday to deliver the first three of a 10 billion Australian dollar ($6.5 billion) fleet of Japanese-designed warships, with the first ...