This episode explores how the same Japanese carrier fleet that struck Pearl Harbor, including the Akagi, launched a devastating surprise attack on northern Australia. It marked the dawn of carrier ...

The two Japanese carriers are called helicopter destroyers that look like small aircraft carriers, which is what they actually are. The post-World War II Japanese constitution prohibits Japan from ...

Associated Press In this June 4, 1942 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy the USS Astoria (CA-34) steams by USS Yorktown (CV-5), shortly after the carrier had been hit by three Japanese bombs in ...

The aircraft carrier Akagi symbolized the Imperial Japanese Navy's strength, notable for her innovative, expansive flight deck and powerful 8-inch guns, distinguishing her from other warships.

Sun Tzu After the successful “Doolittle Raid” on mainland Japan in response to Pearl ... destroying defenses. Of those carriers, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu had all taken part in the ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries debuted on Wednesday the world's first marine carrier that transports liquefied hydrogen, using technology that will vastly expand cargo capacity of the ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry has announced for the first time that China sent its Liaoning aircraft carrier into the East China Sea, some 200 kilometers from the Japanese-administered Senkaku ...

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II ... six big aircraft carriers with more ...

Everyone thinks of Germany when they think about high-technology in World War II. The Nazi armies ... After all, the Empire of Japan pioneered aircraft carrier technology and tactics that led ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines plans to hold off on making new orders with Chinese shipbuilders for liquefied natural gas carriers in the wake of fees touted by the Trump administration for ...

Located at Schenectady County Airport in New York State’s Capital-Saratoga region, the Empire State Aerosciences Museum ...