Retired US Marine Colonel Grant Newsham takes on key questions about Japan's national defense: How far has it come, what needs improving, and why?
One need not be a cynic to think the Japanese government’s preferred approach to problems is to ignore them, while hoping they go away...
The Japanese government is considering dispatching Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) vessels and planes to the Middle East to help ensure safe navigation near the Strait of...
(Second of Two Parts) Part 1: Common Concerns, Common Mission: Japan, U.S. Defend Western Pacific vs China Aggression The White Paper Defense of...
I was assigned to a United States Navy destroyer homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, in 1966. It was in the midst of the Cold War. ...
The South Korean government should waste no time in honestly admitting its error and offering an apology to Japan for the South Korean Navy’s behavior...
Japan’s Defense Ministry has announced that Japan would forgo sending a Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer to participate in the South Korea-sponsored international naval...
Vessels of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), including a destroyer, will participate in the October 11 International Fleet Review near South Korea’s southern...