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![Japan’s Defense Ministry Requests Largest Ever Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 Japan’s Defense Ministry Requests Largest Ever Budget for Fiscal Year 2024](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-08-31-140239.jpg)
Japan’s Defense Ministry Requests Largest Ever Budget for Fiscal Year 2024
By Takahashi Kosuke
Japan's defense build-up, including pursuit of a counter-strike capability, continues to require record-setting funds.
![India, Japan Conclude First Dharma Guardian Military Exercise India, Japan Conclude First Dharma Guardian Military Exercise](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-dr9k_nov4aaqut9.jpg)
India, Japan Conclude First Dharma Guardian Military Exercise
By Ankit Panda
The exercise marks the further deepening of military cooperation between India and Japan.
![US, Japan Move Into Final Portion of Keen Sword 2018 Bilateral Military Exercises US, Japan Move Into Final Portion of Keen Sword 2018 Bilateral Military Exercises](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-161111-n-oi810-772.jpg)
US, Japan Move Into Final Portion of Keen Sword 2018 Bilateral Military Exercises
By Ankit Panda
This year's Keen Sword exercise features a focus on amphibious operations.
![Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Forces Take to the Waves Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Forces Take to the Waves](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-4438443.jpg)
Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Forces Take to the Waves
By Mina Pollmann
The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARBD) is set up to conduct landing operations to retake Japanese territory.
![Japan Activates Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Japan Activates Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1000w_q95.jpg)
Japan Activates Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade
By Ankit Panda
Japan activates its equivalent of a marine unit for the first time since World War II.
![Japan's New Security Laws Could See First Test in South Sudan Japan's New Security Laws Could See First Test in South Sudan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-27_13-46-03.jpg)
Japan's New Security Laws Could See First Test in South Sudan
By Mina Pollmann
A GSDF unit joining UN peacekeepers in South Sudan could be the first authorized to use force beyond self defense.
![Japan to Build Defense Camps Near Disputed Islands Japan to Build Defense Camps Near Disputed Islands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-20_04-28-01.jpg)
Japan to Build Defense Camps Near Disputed Islands
By Clint Richards
GSDF camps are to be built on three islands near the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands to handle “remote island attacks.”
![Where is the GSDF Going? Where is the GSDF Going?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sizes/thumbnail/13757_527b5a696bec9.jpg)
Where is the GSDF Going?
Japan’s changing security environment means there’s just less for the Ground Self-Defence Forces to do.
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