The People’s Liberation Army Navy Liaoning Carrier Strike Group is operating 124 miles north of the disputed Senkaku Islands ...

When Gonoi served in Japan’s Self-Defense Force (JSDF), she says she endured physical and verbal sexual abuse on a daily basis for more than a year, and vowed when she left the force in June ...

On Feb. 13, 2025, Boeing announced that the JSDF (Japan Self-Defense Forces) ordered 17 units of CH-47 Block II Chinooks ...

She had previously reached a settlement with another of the five former members of the JSDF in the civil case, and the trial will continue against the government and the remaining former members ...

But Kishida’s spending plan masks a glaring problem rotting away the core capabilities of the JSDF. The JSDF is critically short of soldiers and sailors to perform the many tasks it already has.

The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) are grappling with a severe problem: a chronic shortage of personnel, reports Nikkei Asia. Last year, the number of new recruits joining the JSDF was barely ...

US Marine Corps Photo An October accident of a Japanese Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey on Yonaguni Island was due to errors of the pilot and copilot, according to a Thursday release from the JSDF.

The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...

Furthermore, the NDS set a goal of establishing the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF)’s Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) within five years. Many of the changes within these documents are driven by ...

According to this Diet resolution, the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) were not allowed to use satellites for intelligence gathering and communications, nor were they allowed to develop, launch, and ...