The Kumano is the first of a planned 22 vessels of the class, which will include capabilities never seen before on a Japanese frigate. The new frigate class is intended for surveillance missions ...

A key element of Japan’s planned defence budget spending, currently under strain through a national currency devaluation shock, will be the manufacture of two additional Mogami-class frigates ...

Japan plans to build twelve new frigates in five years. Now Japan is also producing ten of the New FFMs as well. Until 2023 Japan planned to build 24 new FFM Mogami class missile frigates. These were ...