Category: JS Izumo

Japanese Escort Flotilla Departs for Indo–Pacific Region

An escort flotilla of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), composed of destroyers JS Izumo and JS Takanami, has departed for a four-month-long naval exercise in the Indo–Pacific. The Escort Flotilla Four departed from the Yokosuka port base on June 13 for the Indo-Pacific deployment (IPD), which will run from June 13 to Oct…


Japan to Deploy Converted Aircraft Carrier in Indo-Pacific

Japan will soon begin its biennial Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD), a four-month-long naval exercise with regional partners that will include its recently converted aircraft carrier JS Izumo. The IPD, which will run from June 13 to Oct. 28, will also involve the destroyers JS Takanami and JS Kirisame, a submarine, a P-1 maritime patrol aircraft, UP-3D…