Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visits Australia, focusing on acquiring Mogami-class frigates and security cooperation, following controversy over PM Albanese's comments on a gift from Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi.
日本最新服役的最上級（Mogami-class）護衛艦，透過高度自動化系統將編制人數從傳統的100-140人縮減至90人，因應全球海軍缺兵挑戰，在國際防衛市場迅速走紅。該艦具備反潛、防空、反水面作戰能力，並可搭載無人載具，造價約7.1億美元。
Japan’s Mogami-class destroyer appears to be pulling ahead in the race to become the next generation of warships for the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), in what would be another major deal for Japan’s defence industry just weeks after Tokyo announced it was lifting its long-held ban on weapons exports. Under its 2025 Defence Capability Plan, the government in Wellington has committed to replacing its two ANZAC-class frigates – launched in the early 1990s – with more capable, modern warships. The...
New Zealand is weighing the purchase of advanced warships from Japan or the UK to modernise its ageing fleet and bolster its defence capability. The South Pacific nation, member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network alongside Australia, the US, the UK and Canada, is focused on Japanese Mogami-class or the UK’s Type 31 frigates. Discussions are under way with the Royal Australian Navy and the UK’s Royal Navy about the frigate replacement and ongoing service arrangements, Defence Minister...
Japan has offered India design plans for Mogami-class frigates, the first time Tokyo has provided such a major weapons system to New Delhi. India plans to build the warships in domestic shipyards using Japanese materials, with each vessel costing approximately US$500 million and equipped with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles and torpedoes. The move aligns with India's push to localize defence production and enhance its naval capabilities as a security provider in the Indian Ocean. Japan's cabinet revised export rules on April 21 to allow such defence technology transfers.
The US Navy is studying whether to adopt or co-produce foreign warships—Japan's Mogami-class and South Korea's Daegu-class frigates—to supplement US production lines. The 2027 budget includes a feasibility study. If approved, it would be the first major surface combatant purchase from a foreign partner since WWII.
