CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Nov. 10, 2015) -- The U.S. Army Dental Activity-Japan hosted six dental residents Nov. 4 and 5 from the Japan Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital in Tokyo at the Camp Zama Dental ...

CAMP ZMA, Japan (Nov. 20, 2012) -- The 2012 Japan Self-Defense Forces Marching Band Festival was held at the famed Nihon Budokan concert hall in Tokyo Nov. 16 and 17. The show was featured ...

As the world faces the most severe and complex security environment since the end of World War II, Japan now has a new joint operations commander who has the authority to unify the three branches of ...

Tokyo [Japan], Dec 5 (ANI): Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday met Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Joint Staff, Chief of Staff, General Koji Yamazaki and Defence Minister Taro Kono and ...

Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces at the Gifu military base, after the fatal shooting, June 14, 2023. AP Two dead, one wounded. The deadly outcome of a shootout triggered by a new recruit of ...

This Monday, combat engineers of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) deployed for the first time to South Sudan as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country with an ...

Rina Gonoi is a fighter. As a former soldier, as a judo practitioner, and as a woman battling on behalf of all women to bring those who sexually abused her to account. When Gonoi served in Japan’s ...

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. SEOUL, South Korea ...

Key point: JSDF’s rifle is their standard weapon but it has several issues that a modern rifle shouldn’t have. The standard issue rifle of the average soldier tends to be among the oldest equipment ...

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft seen here taking off from JS Ise . (JMSDF) The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) has taken another step towards improving its ...