JS Ashigara (DDG-178)
 JS Ashigara (DDG-178) is an Atago class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Ashigara was named for Mount Ashigara and is the first Japanese ship to bear the prefix JS (Japanese Ship) instead of JDS (Japanese Defense Ship).She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki Nagasaki on April 6 2005 launched on August 30 2006; and was commissioned on 13 March 2008.