2021 Defense of Japan Report
The following is the Japanese Ministry of Defense 2021 White Paper Defense of Japan released this week.…
Report to Congress on Japan-U.S. Relations
The following is the April 6, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress.…
Australia to Join U.S., India, Japan for Malabar 2020 in High-End Naval Exercise of ‘The Quad’
Australia will join the India-led Malabar 2020 naval exercise next month, operating along with the U.S. and Japan in an…
NTSB: ‘Unexplained’ Course Change Was ‘A Critical Error’ in Fatal USS Fitzgerald Collision
Federal investigators highlighted an “unexplained course change” by a U.S. guided-missile destroyer as “a critical error” that put the warship…
Panel: Japan’s Next Prime Minister Will Continue to Grow Self-Defense Force, Military Ties with U.S.
Japan’s next prime minister is expected to follow Shinzo Abe’s path in tightening Tokyo’s military ties with the United States…
Destroyer Conducts South China Sea FONOP Day After Chinese ‘Carrier Killer’ Missile Tests
A guided-missile destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea past the Paracel Island chain on…
Destroyer USS Mustin Transits Taiwan Strait Following Operations with Japanese Warship
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday following an exercise with Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces, U.S.…
USS Fitzgerald Returns to Sea After Repairs Caused by Fatal 2017 Collision
This post has been updated to clarify where USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) was built. The destroyer was constructed at Bath Iron…
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Expanding as Tokyo Takes New Approach to Maritime Security
When President Donald Trump visited Japan this month, he was taken on board JS Kaga, one of a pair of…
USS Fitzgerald Leaves Mississippi Drydock After More Than a Year of Repairs
After more than a year of repairs, the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) left a dry dock at Ingalls Shipbuilding…