Politics & Security
Defending Japan: The Mageshima Rorschach Test
Japanese defense initiatives can seem like Rorschach tests — meaning very different things to different people. Take
Books
[JAPAN LIBRARY] FRIENDSHIP ACROSS THE SEAS / The US Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Presented by Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC) This book describes the history of the relation
Politics & Security
The US and Vietnam: Old Enemies, New Friends?
America’s eight-year military intervention came to a rather ignominious end as the last United States combat forces wi
Politics & Security
Japan Activates Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade: What Now?
Japan’s new Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) stood up on March 27, with a ceremony taking place April 7 [&he
Special Reports
Tohoku in My Memory: Recollections on Operation Tomodachi
It’s seven years since the 3/11 Great Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami that killed over 18,000 people. It [&hell