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Tag: Japanese military

Posted inAnalysis

Japan’s new defense minister a blast from the past

by Scott Foster September 20, 2020September 24, 2020

Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, has selected Nobuo Kishi as his minister of defense. Kishi is former prime minister Shinzo Abe’s younger brother, adopted by the Kishi family to maintain the line. Abe’s grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, had a long career as an infamous official in Imperial Japan’s colony of Manchukuo (Manchuria). An accused but never […]

The Missile Defense Agency conducts the first intercept flight test of a land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system from the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex in Kauai, Hawaii. Photo: US Missile Defense Agency handout via Reuters/Leah Garton
Posted inBeijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Beijing slams Japan defense paper as Tokyo eyes missile shield

by Asia Times staff September 1, 2018February 18, 2020
View of Japan's Iwo Island. The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP
Posted inChina, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

Japan bolsters radar at outlying island as China steps up carrier activity

by Asia Times staff April 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Japan's Ground Self Defense Force and the US Marines take part in a training exercise. Photo: Anadolu Agency via AFP/Richard Atrero de Guzman
Posted inBeijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Japan readies first ‘marine’ combat brigade since WWII

by Asia Times staff March 20, 2018February 18, 2020
US Marines stand on the top of an M1A1 tank. Photo: AFP
Posted inAustralia, China, European Union, France, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Flawed US politics responsible for its problems – and the world’s

by Ken Moak February 20, 2018
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers followed by a US cruiser and destroyer conducting joint operations in November. Photo: US Navy via AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

The disconcerting role Japan will increasingly play as key US ally in East Asia

by Robert E. McCoy January 22, 2018
A Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. Japan is currently considering developing an upgraded version of the missile. Photo:AFP/Eric Garst
Posted inChina, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

Japan eyes developing land-attack cruise missile against N. Korea

by Asia Times staff November 23, 2017February 18, 2020

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