China's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, Taipei said, its first transit of the sensitive waterway since formally entering service last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/asia-pacific/chinese-aircraft-carrier-taiwan-strait/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #indopacific #aircraftcarriers
China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier flotilla appeared to be on its way home, Japan said Friday, after the ships were spotted entering the East China Sea following military exercises in the Pacific. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/13/japan/china-japan-aircraft-carrier-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #pla #chinajapanrelations #aircraftcarriers #defense #defenseministry #sdf
The Pentagon on Friday ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/world/politics/trump-aircraft-carrier-latin-america/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #latinamerica #southamerica #venezuela #colombia #donaldtrump #usmilitary #aircraftcarriers #drugs
China’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday offered the latest hint that its third and largest aircraft carrier could soon enter service, after it undergoes further testing and training in the disputed South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/china-fujian-aircraft-carrier-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #aircraftcarriers #pla #southchinasea #taiwan #disputedislands #chinajapanrelations #defense #defenseministry
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces on Thursday spotted for the first time China’s biggest and most advanced aircraft carrier, Fujian, as the vessel sailed in the East China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/china-biggest-carrier-spotted-in-east-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #fujian #senkakus #aircraftcarriers #sdf
The commander of a British aircraft carrier strike group said in an exclusive interview that the group will have achieved "full operating capability" by the time it returns home, following a landmark visit to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/asia-pacific/uk-aircraft-carrier-commander-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #uk #ukjapanrelations #defense #indopacific #aircraftcarriers #f35 #sdf
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba inspected the Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Kaga, which is becoming a de facto aircraft carrier, at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/japan/politics/ishiba-msdf-destroyer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #msdf #uk #yokosuka #defense #aircraftcarriers
Britain's Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has made its Japan debut in the final leg of a monthslong Indo-Pacific deployment at the helm of a multinational carrier strike group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/uk-prince-of-wales-carrier-japan-debut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yokosuka #aircraftcarriers #princeofwales #ukjapanrelations #msdf