After the IJN had lost its aircraft carriers in battle with the Americans, their engineers developed a specialized submarine that could launch a seaplane. That seaplane would be equipped with ...

But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would ever occur. Launched in 1940 and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), the battleship Yamato stands as the ...

The Philippine Navy said a Chinese aircraft carrier battle group had passed near its northern maritime boundaries in the run-up ...

That's because it shares a name with another aircraft carrier in the then-Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The Kaga was the third IJN aircraft carrier, which entered service in 1928. The Kaga was ...