The warship's namesake arises from Kaga Province, an administrative area of Japan that was abolished in the late 1800s. On ...

The Kaga entered service in 2017 as a helicopter carrier, but has now been upgraded to carry Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters. The ship will undergo a second round of ...

These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...