Factors such as maintenance costs and system upgrades will determine the true value of the Abukuma-class vessels’ transfer, ...

Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China's maritime expansion, ...

The Philippines is enhancing its naval power by acquiring new warships and second-hand vessels from its allies and partners.

The Philippine Navy says it will send experts to Japan next month to explore acquiring destroyer escorts set to be retired by ...

JAPAN’S plan to transfer Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to the Philippines could enhance Manila’s coastal patrol and maritime defense capabilities, analysts said at the weekend, underscoring the ...

The realities of an assertive China and managing the US alliance are more complicated than allowed for by those who dream of ...

THE (PN) has confirmed the “possible transfer” of six Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)’s Abukuma-class destroyer escorts. The Navy, it was learned, is now undertaking preparatory steps for a ...

EVEN as it is studying the possible transfer of six Japanese Abukuma-class destroyers that will soon be decommissioned, the Philippine Navy (PN) said that the planned acquisition does not mean that ...

THE Philippine Navy (PN) has confirmed initial talks with Japan over the “possible transfer” to the Philippines of its used warships and maritime surveillance aircraft as part of Tokyo’s efforts to ...

Recent budget legislation in the U.S. directs tens of billions toward revitalizing U.S. shipbuilding and repairing the ...

After occupying Vietnam, the French were in search of other territories to possess. In the 1800s, France forced the Sulu ...