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.

Japan is reaching out to Southeast Asia and seeking to control the discourse around its new security policy.

There is a great temptation to blame it on Australia’s concern for the potentially adverse impact selecting Japanese Soryu-class submarines would have on Canberra’s relations with Beijing.

Three crew members aboard the MSDF Soryu submarine suffered minor injuries and no injuries were reported aboard the other vessel, the Hong Kong-registered Ocean Artemis. The Japan Coast Guard ...

Three of the submarine's crew sustained minor injuries in the crash which occurred on Monday, government officials said. The Soryu submarine suffered damage to its antenna mast along with its ...