This gave Japan a jumping off point for the conquest of most of the South Pacific in 1941 and 1942. Thus, in Asia as in Europe, the First World War set the terms under which the Second World War ...

Japan's little-known, but significant, role in World War I Naval dispatch to aid U.K. in Mediterranean proved to be a lifesaver ...

The modern Japan Maritime Self Defense Force trace its roots to the Imperial Japanese Navy. Established in July 1869, the Imperial Navy was one of the first formal institutions—military or ...

Going in to the Battle of Midway Japan had the largest aircraft carrier fleet in the world. Today she has none. But that is set to change with two F-35 equipped set to join the fleet..

The Japanese naval contingent at the Victory parade on March 31, 1919. Japanese naval officers and men marching in front of the Palace, in Valletta.