Japan Scrambled Jets Hundreds of Times Against Chinese Threats Last Year
Japan's defense ministry reports responding to hundreds of Chinese and Russian aerial and maritime intrusions since April.
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Japan Orders 17 Blk. II Chinooks For Ground, Air Forces
Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has placed an order for 17 Boeing /Kawasaki CH-47J/JA Blk. II ...
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Japan's New "Taigei" Submarine Is a Force Multiplier in the Indo-Pacific
Japan is making bold moves to change its anti-war culture. That’s not by choice. It’s out of necessity. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is enhancing its size and capabilities because Tokyo ...
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U.S. Marines, Japanese Forces to Drill in Southwestern Japan in Iron Fist Exercise
U.S. Marines and the Japanese Ground Self Defense will join for a bilateral exercise on Japan’s southwest islands, Japanese ...
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‘A dream come true’: Sheridan native commands US Space Forces Japan
As a real-life guardian with the U.S. Space Forces Japan, he’s bridging nations and protecting the skies — despite not battling any interstellar villains. Laughton, a proud representative and ...
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Japan to launch new maritime transport Self-Defense Forces unit
TOKYO -- Japan will create a new maritime transport unit in its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in March as it looks to boost defense of its chain of southern islands reaching down to Okinawa prefecture ...
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The perpetrators are able to flee Japan due to the Status of Forces Agreement, Article 16, which allows them to evade accountability.
Catherine Fisher, an Australian woman who was raped by a U.S. serviceman in Japan in 2002, saying that the agreement between Tokyo and Washington over the status of U.S. military forces in Japan, ...