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Japan Self-Defense Forces
January 13, 2016
Postwar Semantics in Japan’s Self-Defense Forces
By Major John Wright, USAF
What’s in a name? Pride, honor, and history.
December 28, 2015
Japan Approves Record Defense Budget
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japanese defense spending will increase 1.5 percent during the next fiscal year.
September 30, 2015
Japan's Military Gets New Rules of Engagement
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The United States and Japan are also working on a new joint action plan for the defense of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands.
September 29, 2015
Japan's 'Proactive Contribution to Peace': Beyond Development Aid
By Yuki Tatsumi
Japan is doing itself a disservice by focusing only on economic contributions to global development.
September 05, 2015
Japan's New Defense Budget: Fact Vs Fiction
By Yuki Tatsumi
It's misleading to interpret Japan's record-high defense budget as a sign of "remilitarization."
September 01, 2015
Japan’s Defense Ministry Wants Record Military Budget for 2016
By Franz-Stefan Gady
If approved, the new defense budget would be Tokyo’s largest in 14 years.
August 31, 2015
Japan: Farewell to ‘One Country Pacifism’
By Eisuke Suzuki
Why it is time to part ways with the traditional interpretations of Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution.
June 23, 2015
Do Shinzo Abe’s Defense Initiatives Matter?
By Lionel Fatton
How Japan’s new civil-military relations change its security posture and policy.
June 16, 2015
Japan's Defense Reforms and Shinzo Abe's Image Problem
By Yuki Tatsumi
Japan's prime minister has an image problem -- and it stems from his signature national security legislation.
April 03, 2015
Have Aliens Tried to Invade Japan?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japan's Defense Minister faced unusual questions from a lawmaker this week.
February 28, 2015
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.
February 25, 2015
Japan Troop Deployment Near Taiwan Clears Major Hurdle
By Mina Pollmann
Residents on Yonaguni Island voted in favor of a proposed base housing SDF troops.