In one of Keiko Kawano's recent classes, more than a dozen Tokyo art school students held mirrors to their faces, stretching the sides of their mouths upward with their fingers: they were practising ...

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Japan has launched the first of a new class of attack submarines. (Courtesy of Japan's Defense Ministry) MELBOURNE, Australia — Japan has launched the first of a new class of diesel-electric ...

Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has launched the sixth Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) on order ...

Capt. David Schappert, left, commander of Submarine Squadron 15, observes the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine JS Soryu as it arrives in Apra Harbor, Guam, for a port visit, June 7, 2018.