Tensions in the Indo-Pacific region have been growing. China recently sent warships around Australia and held live-fire exercises near its waters. That move unsettled many in the region. New Zealand’s ...

Japan has secured a landmark AU$10 billion (£4.9bn) agreement to build Australia's next generation of warships. It marks Tokyo's most significant defence sale since ending a military export ban in ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Australia said Tuesday it accepted a Japanese company's bid for a lucrative and hotly contested contract to build Australian warships, expected to be worth $6.5 billion.

Handout/AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE/AFP Australia will upgrade its navy with 11 Mogami-class frigates built by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday. Billed ...

Japan clinched a landmark A$10 billion ($6.5 billion) deal on Tuesday to build warships for Australia, marking Tokyo's most consequential defence sale since ending a military export ban in 2014 as it ...

China's military said on Saturday that its forces followed and warned two warships, a Canadian and Australian, as they sailed through the Taiwan Strait. It criticized this move as a provocation. The ...

Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force Mogami-class ships are advanced stealth frigates equipped with a potent array of weapons Australia is in the midst of a major military restructuring and plans to ...

Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force Mogami-class ships are advanced stealth frigates equipped with a potent array of weapons - Copyright AFP/File EVARISTO SA ...