As China continues to rachet up pressure on the Senkaku Islands, Japan and the US must further assert their presence, including with personnel on the Senkakus.
Masamitsu Yoshioka, 105, is the last survivor of those who attacked Pearl Harbor. He talks about cheating death and the lives lost on both sides of...
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?
What appears to be the SDF helicopter that vanished on April 6 was discovered in Japanese coastal waters on April 13 and recovery efforts are underway.
Absent a joint capability the Japan Self-Defense Force isn't even the sum of its parts. With it, the JSDF becomes far more capable of defending Japan.
They share the concern that China might be plotting to use force to annex Taiwan and change the status quo in the East China Sea and...
The recently concluded JIMEX 20 naval exercises between the Indian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) point to a new era in the maritime...
The signing of a military logistics pact by Japan and India could well mark the icing on the cake of the Shinzo Abe-era in Japan-India...
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...
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...
The following was originally published as part of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals's "Speaking Out" series. It is republished with their permission. The fifth...
