Japan’s Carrier Shift: What Kaga and the F-35B Signal for Asia
Japan is not always simply placing a new life inside an old shell. Japan is changing the nature of its naval approach, if you will, via the conversion of her Kaga sister ships and JSD Sinpo’s newly built JS Kaju and JS Izumo into STOVL capable vessels. The vessels are being modified to house the F-35B short-takeoff and vertical-landing fighters, …

