The San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson will join aircraft carriers from France and Japan for a major exercise in the Philippine Sea beginning Saturday, the Navy announced.

The name “Kaga” honors an ancient Japanese province and recalls the historical Japanese aircraft carrier that participated ... in preparation for future missions. On October 21, a significant ...

Indeed, Japan’s inability to provide sufficient pilots and escort carriers made it extremely ... seem likely to hold for the foreseeable future, carrier captains and sub skippers will still ...

They believe that it could be refitted to support fighter jets if Japan's post-war pacifist constitution is changed in the future ... to 'Izumo', this light aircraft carrier dressed as an ...