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Japan SDF
![Japan’s Defense Ministry Plans to Launch Permanent Joint Headquarters in March 2025 Japan’s Defense Ministry Plans to Launch Permanent Joint Headquarters in March 2025](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-25キロ行進_第1特科群_広報_r_教育訓練等_243.jpg)
Japan’s Defense Ministry Plans to Launch Permanent Joint Headquarters in March 2025
By Takahashi Kosuke
The new HQ will oversee all three services – the Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces – to ensure effective joint operations.
![Poll: Japanese Support for Self-Defense Forces Rises to Record High Poll: Japanese Support for Self-Defense Forces Rises to Record High](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-25キロ行進_第1特科群_広報_r_教育訓練等_243.jpg)
Poll: Japanese Support for Self-Defense Forces Rises to Record High
By Takahashi Kosuke
A government poll found that interest in Japan’s security environment – and support for its defense force – is higher than ever.
![How Would Japan Respond to a Taiwan Contingency? How Would Japan Respond to a Taiwan Contingency?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-12_15-15-38.jpg)
How Would Japan Respond to a Taiwan Contingency?
By Kosuke Takahashi
National preparedness for a cross-strait emergency has been far behind what is necessary.
![How Japan's Aging Population Impacts National Defense How Japan's Aging Population Impacts National Defense](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-20_16-02-09.jpg)
How Japan's Aging Population Impacts National Defense
By Pam Kennedy
With fewer and fewer young people to recruit, Japan's military will face staffing shortfalls.
![Why China Should Not Worry About Japan’s New Security Laws Why China Should Not Worry About Japan’s New Security Laws](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-29_16-07-44.jpg)
Why China Should Not Worry About Japan’s New Security Laws
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Little will change (for now).
![Japan's Controversial Security Bills Pass in the Upper House. Now What? Japan's Controversial Security Bills Pass in the Upper House. Now What?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-02_17-19-35.jpg)
Japan's Controversial Security Bills Pass in the Upper House. Now What?
By Rupakjyoti Borah
Japan's Upper House has passed a package of laws allowing the country's military to venture abroad in defense of allies.
![How Does Japan's LDP Plan to Pass Security Reform? How Does Japan's LDP Plan to Pass Security Reform?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-09_19-22-30.jpg)
How Does Japan's LDP Plan to Pass Security Reform?
By Mina Pollmann
With the 60-day rule, the Diet juggles technicalities and the LDP presses forward its bill reinterpreting Article 9.
![Japan Nixes Plan to Send Troops to Join Ebola Fight Japan Nixes Plan to Send Troops to Join Ebola Fight](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-02_21-16-35.jpg)
Japan Nixes Plan to Send Troops to Join Ebola Fight
By Mina Pollmann
Japan misses a chance to demonstrate the softer side of the SDF.
![Is Germany Still in the Race for Australia’s Biggest Arms Deal of the Century? Is Germany Still in the Race for Australia’s Biggest Arms Deal of the Century?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-16_19-34-10.jpg)
Is Germany Still in the Race for Australia’s Biggest Arms Deal of the Century?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Angela Merkel is aggressively pushing for Germany to win a contract to build 12 submarines.
![How Japan Sees its Military How Japan Sees its Military](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sizes/thumbnail/1751_52437f8ddf6f1.jpg)
How Japan Sees its Military
Those worried about Tokyo’s military don’t appreciate how the Japanese view their ‘defense’ forces.
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