Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) training ships "Kashima" and "Shimakaze" have docked at Istanbul's historic Sarayburnu Port from Aug. 9 to 12, marking a century of enduring friendship and strategic partnership.

Türkiye and Japan share a unique bond and should step up their collaboration for a more peaceful and livable world, Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler said on Friday, marking the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The United States, Japan and South Korea are set to hold two days of missile tracking drills starting on Dec. 11, Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force said, as tensions rise in the region over North Korea’s fast-developing weapons programs.

Seven US sailors are missing and the commanding officer of a US destroyer is among the injured after the warship collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the US Navy said Friday.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald suffered damage to its starboard side above and below the waterline in the incident.

Amid threats from North Korea that it would attack American aircraft carrier 'Carl Vinson', Japan recently sent its biggest warship to escort a US supply vessel that was in the waters off Boso Peninsula.