Japan has so far launched four Taigei-class submarines since 2018; JS Taigei, JS Hakugei, JS Jingei, and JS Raigei. Only the first two have been commissioned into service, though JS Jingei is ...

Key Points – Japan’s Taigei-class (“Big Whale”) diesel-electric attack submarines, with four completed by 2025 including the recently commissioned JS Raigei, represent a significant leap ...

What You Need To Know: Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) launched its fifth Taigei-class submarine, JS Chogei, as part of a planned fleet of eight advanced diesel-electric attack ...

At 4,200 tons submerged, the nine Soryu-class submarines are the largest submarines built by postwar Japan. Each is 275 feet long and nearly twenty-eight feet wide.

In June 2019, submarine manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries hosted a presentation (subsequently shared on Twitter) revealing plans for Japan’s next-generation submarine, dubbed the 29SS or ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Japan has commissioned the first of a new class of diesel-electric submarines, bringing the planned expansion of its submarine fleet to 22 boats when it enters service.

The same group of Russian naval vessels was tracked sailing from the Sea of Japan toward the East China Sea via the Tsushima ...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the third Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

Japan’s Defense Ministry said Sunday, Sept. 12, that it has detected a submarine believed to be Chinese along off a southern Japanese island, heightening Japan’s caution levels in the East ...

Japan is ready to match European rivals and build a fleet of submarines for Canberra entirely at Australian shipyards, a senior Japanese official said on Tuesday, after stumbling in its effort to ...

The submarine moved northwest off the eastern coast of the Amamioshima Island, about 700 kilometers (420 miles) northeast of the disputed East China Sea islands controlled by Japan but also ...