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Japan’s ramped-up defense spending not a done deal

by Ryosuke Hanada August 1, 2022August 4, 2022

Tokyo may be rethinking

Abe’s Aegis Ashore cancellation doesn’t add up

by Grant Newsham June 30, 2020July 2, 2020

Sailors in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force stand at attention aboard the JS KAGA DDH-184 as it arrives at Tanjung Priok port in Indonesia on September 18, 2018. Photo: Andrew Lotulung/NurPhoto)

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Changing Japan’s Constitution – a lot of work, but for what?

by Grant Newsham September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

The land-based Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex in Kauai, Hawaii. Photo: US Missile Defense Agency via Reuters

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Aegis Ashore system ‘just one part of Japan’s defense mesh’

by Grant Newsham March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

A soldier with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sets up a perimeter during a simulated beach assault at Marine Corps Base Hawaii with the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Unit during the multi-national military exercise RIMPAC in Kaneohe, Hawaii, in July 2016. Photo: Reuters/ Hugh Gentry

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

How Japan got an Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade

by Grant Newsham March 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Japan Self-Defense Forces soldiers drive a PAC-3 missile unit into place at Asaka base, north of Tokyo. Photo: Reuters / Issei Kato

Australia, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea

Hurdles for Abe as he braces to tackle constitutional revision

by Peter J. Brown January 25, 2018February 18, 2020

As the only country ever to be attacked by atomic weapons – first in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 – Japan may be reluctant to become a nuclear-weapons power itself. Photo: iStock

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Does Japan really want nuclear weapons?

by Richard A. Bitzinger September 8, 2017

Japan's Defence Minister Tomomi Inada announces her resignation during a news conference at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo, Japan July 28, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon

Australia, China, Germany, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Japan’s security: bigger problems than a defense minister

by Grant Newsham August 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan Self-Defense Forces soldiers drive a PAC-3 missile unit into place at Asaka base, north of Tokyo. Photo: Reuters / Issei Kato

China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Japan missile defence drill aims to ease concern over North Korean threat

by Reuters June 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Members of Japan's Self-Defence Force's honour guard prepare for a ceremony for U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Photo: Reuters, Toru Hanai

Uncategorized

Japan looks to double number of women in SDF units

by Admin April 19, 2017

JS Kaga in Yokohama on March 22. Photo: JMSDF

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Japan’s amphibious force still well outdistanced by China rival

by Grant Newsham April 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Members of Japan's Self-Defence Force's honour guard prepare for a ceremony for U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Photo: Reuters, Toru Hanai

Japan, Northeast Asia

Japanese populist embraces Trump’s call for Japan to step up on defense

by Asia Unhedged March 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) leaves Tokyo's Haneda Airport en route to meet Donald Trump in New York on Nov. 17, 2016.
Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP

AT Finance, Australia, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Weighing Japan’s security options in the age of Trump

by Grant Newsham December 1, 2016February 18, 2020

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