Japan and the European Union have similar approaches to peacekeeping that can become the basis for cooperation in their regions and beyond.
As explained in author Sheila A. Smith’s introduction of her new book, several generations of Japanese leaders have grappled with how to ensure their...
Presented by Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC) Official development assistance (ODA), direct investment in Southeast Asia, participation in the Cambodian peace process,...
Some controversies could only be controversies in Japan. The “rediscovery” of supposedly lost logs of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) unit deployed to Iraq...
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada resigned on July 28 to take responsibility for an issue involving the daily operations log of the United Nations Peace Keeping Operation...
Around 40 soldiers from Unit 11 of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), who participated in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan, have...
The first group of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force troops has arrived back in Aomori, northern city of Japan on Wednesday, April 19, after a five-year peacekeeping...