Summary and Key Points: Japan’s Soryu-class submarines, introduced in 2009, are a key component of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as tensions rise in the South China Sea ...

The Soryu, considered the best conventional submarine in the world, may be headed Australia's way by the middle of the next decade. The ABC takes a guided tour of one of the vessels in Japan.

Japan launched the first of a new submarine class this week in Kobe. The 3,000-ton Taigei and its sister ships are larger, quieter successors to Japan’s advanced Soryu-class submarines.

Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has launched the second Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) equipped with lithium-ion ...

November 15, 2020: In October 2020 Japan launched the first (of seven) Taigei class submarine. These are successors to the twelve Soryu class subs. The last two Soryus made the Taigeis possible. These ...

The Soryu -class submarines are equipped with six 533-millimeter torpedo tubes with a combination of Type 89 heavyweight torpedoes and American-made Sub-Harpoon anti-ship missiles.

-These submarines are a significant advancement over the preceding Soryu-class, most notably for their pioneering use of high-performance lithium-ion batteries instead of lead-acid ones for ...

The last two Soryu class subs are dispensing with the AIP systems they were designed to use and rely only on lithium-ion batteries to provide the underwater endurance similar to that provided by AIP.