Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the Japanese navy’s in-service Mogami-class frigates. Australia is procuring a larger, upgraded version. (Gordon Arthur) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan has secured its biggest arms export deal ever through its new Mogami-class frigate. The $6.5 billion sale will see Australia ...

The JMSDF's second Mogami-class frigate, JS Kumano , seen here during a stop in Singapore. Australia will acquire an improved variant of the warship for its general purpose frigate programme.

Australia has taken a big step toward strengthening its naval power. On August 5, the Australian government confirmed that it would adopt an upgraded version of the Japanese Frigate Mogami-class as ...

The Australian Government is accelerating the delivery of a larger and more lethal surface combatant fleet with the selection of the upgraded Japanese Mogami-class frigate as the preferred platform ...

In August 2025, the Australian government announced its selection of the upgraded Japanese Mogami-class frigate as its new general-purpose frigate. Just one month later, on September 5, 2025, Deputy ...

Australia last week announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy advanced warships from Japan, a move that can go a long way to making Canberra a Pacific maritime power and Tokyo a major weapons exporter, ...

Japan has won Australia’s multi-billion dollar frigate project, in an epoch-making decision that will elevate the bilateral relationship to even greater heights as quasi-allies in coming decades. On ...

A model of the Improved Mogami class on display at Indo Pacific 2025. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat) Australia’s fleet of Improved Mogami-class frigates are being built to accommodate the Naval Strike Missile ...

Australia chose Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build a fleet of frigates, as part of efforts to strengthen the naval force and help secure its maritime trade routes. The Australian government ...

Japan has struggled to export cutting-edge defense equipment. However, past disappointments have been turned on their head after Japan won selection for a lucrative Australian frigate requirement ...

One of the Japanese navy’s in-service Mogami-class frigates. Australia is procuring a larger, upgraded version. (Gordon Arthur) Japan has struggled to export cutting-edge defense equipment. However, ...