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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

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

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?

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

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

By Franz-Stefan Gady
Little will change (for now).

What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?
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What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?

Japan's Controversial Security Bills Pass in the Upper House. Now What?

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?

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

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?

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

Those worried about Tokyo’s military don’t appreciate how the Japanese view their ‘defense’ forces.

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