Japan insists its Izumo-class ships are just helicopter-carrying destroyers, not aircraft carriers, but everything about their design says otherwise. Born from constitutional limits imposed after ...

Japan swears the Izumo-class ships aren’t aircraft carriers, but their full-length flight decks, F-35B upgrades, and carrier strike group role say otherwise. Originally sold to politicians as ...

TOKYO (AP) — Defense ministers from Japan and Britain hailed their “deep strategic alignment” on Thursday as a Royal Navy aircraft carrier made a historic port call in Tokyo. The HMS Prince of Wales, ...

Britain’s defence secretary made the remarks aboard a UK aircraft carrier on a historic first visit to Tokyo for a security ...

Some of the largest and most significant battles in history were fought with aircraft carriers. Here are five historic ...

Japan's Defense Ministry on Sept. 11 announced that the Maritime Self-Defense Force has for the first time spotted China's third and newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailing in the East China Sea.

The Fujian, China’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, passed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to the South China ...