Japan can buy all the F35’s and Aegis Ashore missile defense systems it...

Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham is a retired United States Marine Officer and a former U.S. diplomat with many years’ experience in Japan. He is a Senior Fellow with both the Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in the United States, and a Senior Fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies in Japan. He was the first US Marine liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self Defense force and was instrumental in promoting the JSDF’s initial moves towards an amphibious capability.
Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn being frog-marched from his private jet to...
By Grant Newsham When Japan takes a step forward defense-wise...
Grant Newsham It seems like every few months an article...
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