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Japan military
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![Japan-ASEAN Cyber Cooperation in the Spotlight Japan-ASEAN Cyber Cooperation in the Spotlight](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-09_20-47-56.jpg)
Japan-ASEAN Cyber Cooperation in the Spotlight
By Prashanth Parameswaran
News of a new training program highlights Tokyo’s important and growing role as an ASEAN partner in the cyber realm.
![Japan’s First Overseas Military Drill Spotlights Growing Security Role Japan’s First Overseas Military Drill Spotlights Growing Security Role](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-02-14_16-27-25.jpg)
Japan’s First Overseas Military Drill Spotlights Growing Security Role
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Tokyo’s defense forces conducted their first drill outside of Japan alongside Asia’s largest multinational exercise.
![Leveraging the Third Offset Strategy in the US-Japan Alliance Leveraging the Third Offset Strategy in the US-Japan Alliance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-28_15-25-52.jpg)
Leveraging the Third Offset Strategy in the US-Japan Alliance
By Yuki Tatsumi and Pamela Kennedy
The innovation central to the Third Offset Strategy could take the U.S.-Japan alliance even higher.
![Strategic Mercy: The Case for Japanese Hospital Ships Strategic Mercy: The Case for Japanese Hospital Ships](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-12_14-17-22.jpg)
Strategic Mercy: The Case for Japanese Hospital Ships
By Anthony W. Holmes
The platform of a hospital ship seems tailor-made for Japan's situation -- yet the country doesn't have one.
![Japan’s Defense Ministry Seeks to Roll Back Civilian Control Japan’s Defense Ministry Seeks to Roll Back Civilian Control](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-13_04-27-01.jpg)
Japan’s Defense Ministry Seeks to Roll Back Civilian Control
By Mina Pollmann
New reforms would give Japan's SDF personnel increased say over military decisions.
![Japan Considers State Financing for Defense Exports Japan Considers State Financing for Defense Exports](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-28_13-06-22.jpg)
Japan Considers State Financing for Defense Exports
By Ankit Panda
The Japanese government will back Japanese firms involved in defense exports with financing.
![US-Japan Alliance: Still 'Sword and Shield'? US-Japan Alliance: Still 'Sword and Shield'?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-05_07-55-45.jpg)
US-Japan Alliance: Still 'Sword and Shield'?
By Ankit Panda
Don't let the current defense guideline overhaul fool you. The broad contours of the U.S.-Japan alliance won't change.
![Japan to Station Troops on Yonaguni, Near Disputed Islands Japan to Station Troops on Yonaguni, Near Disputed Islands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-18_18-37-10.jpg)
Japan to Station Troops on Yonaguni, Near Disputed Islands
By Shannon Tiezzi
Japan will station 100 troops and radar on its westernmost island, located 108 kilometers east of Taiwan.
![Japan: Joining the Nuclear Weapons Club? It Could. Japan: Joining the Nuclear Weapons Club? It Could.](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sizes/thumbnail/7177_5243b390aa725.jpg)
Japan: Joining the Nuclear Weapons Club? It Could.
“…the prospect no longer appears unthinkable.”
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