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Tag: JSDF

Posted inMilitary

Japan building new island base to guard against China

by Gabriel Honrada January 16, 2023January 18, 2023

Japan has decided to start construction of a military base on Mageshima Island, a project that aims to reinforce Japan’s defenses in the nearby Ryukyu Islands and provide a backup airbase in case an enemy attack takes out Okinawa, according to multiple Japanese sources. Mageshima, an eight square kilometer uninhabited island located 12 kilometers from […]

Posted inAnalysis

Time to be honest about Japan’s defense deficiency

by Grant Newsham October 13, 2020October 16, 2020
140306-N-ZU025-204OKINAWA, Japan (March 6, 2014) Marines assigned to Company F, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) conduct launch and recovery operations with combat rubber raiding craft from the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9). Denver is assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and is conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Todd C. Behrman/Released)
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, United States, World

Is Tokyo stiffing Washington on defense payments?

by Grant Newsham January 28, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, United States, World

In East China Sea, Beijing plays long game

by Grant Newsham December 26, 2019February 18, 2020
An Izumo-class ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force arrives at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 18, 2018. Photo: AFP/Andrew Lotulung/NurPhoto
Posted inChina, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Japan’s new aircraft carriers fail to make waves

by Grant Newsham December 13, 2018February 18, 2020
The amphibious US-2 aircraft is operated by the Japan Martime Self-Defense Force. Photo: JMSDF via AFP
Posted inChina, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

New amphibious aircraft could help US in Indo-Pacific

by Stephen Bryen June 3, 2018February 18, 2020
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor jet takes off at Kadena USAF Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa on June 15, 2009.  Reuters / Yuriko Nakao
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan

Now may be the time to recalibrate Okinawa’s economy radically

by Grant Newsham February 28, 2018
That handshake. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with US President Donald Trump (R) in the White House Oval Office, Washington, US, February 10, 2017. Photo:  Reuters/Jim Bourg
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Japan’s Secret Weapon – The Honma golf driver

by Grant Newsham June 26, 2017June 26, 2017
The U.S. military Color Guard post the "Colors" along with the Japanese flag at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. December 26, 2016. Reuters/Hugh Gentry
Posted inAT Finance, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, World

Dear new ambassador to Japan, some unsolicited advice …

by Grant Newsham January 17, 2017February 18, 2020

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