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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 19, 2017
Inada-led watchdog mulls interim report on GSDF activity log probe
Inspector general's office looking into whether Defense Ministry intentionally concealed documents.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2016
GSDF allows media to view training for potentially dangerous mission parameters
The Ground Self-Defense Force on Monday partially opened to the media exercises for potentially dangerous new mission parameters during U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan starting next month.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2016
Fresh GSDF mission in South Sudan planned under new security laws
The Defense Ministry is making final arrangements to allow Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to be sent to South Sudan, possibly in mid-November, to conduct a fresh mission in a limited area under new security laws, according to a government source.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 25, 2016
Nine GSDF troops mistakenly fired live rounds at each other in Hokkaido drill
Nine Ground Self-Defense Force members shot as many as 79 live rounds at one another by mistake in an exercise in Hokkaido on Monday, the GSDF said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2016
Defense Ministry probes spent round found outside GSDF barracks in Juba
A bullet believed to have been fired from outside a South Sudan barracks for Ground Self-Defense Force troops deployed on a U.N. peacekeeping mission was found in December 2013, a display at a GSDF camp in Kyoto Prefecture has revealed.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2015
Saga Prefecture to allow survey for proposed SDF Osprey deployment
Saga Gov. Yoshinori Yamaguchi said Thursday he will allow the central government to conduct surveys needed for the proposed deployment of Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at a local airport in the prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2015
China gets box seat as SDF joins U.S. Marines, Aussies in storming beach Down Under
Inflatable boats crammed with camouflaged soldiers power onto a remote beach crawling with Australian, U.S. and Japanese commandos — watched by officers from China.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2014
GSDF to station unit on Amami-Oshima for island defense
The Defense Ministry asked local authorities on Tuesday for their cooperation in establishing a Ground Self-Defense Force unit on Amami-Oshima Island as part of efforts to boost the defense of remote islands in the region.
JAPAN
May 20, 2014
Amami Island set to host GSDF troops
The government has begun plans to deploy a Ground Self-Defense Force unit on Amami-Oshima Island as part of efforts to boost defense of remote islands amid the territorial row with China, a government source said.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2014
GSDF eyes smartphones to boost communications with U.S. forces
Japan plans to improve communications between the Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. military forces by using smartphone-type terminals, a Defense Ministry source said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2014
Tank engine development eyed with Turkey
The government plans to embark on joint development of tank engines with Turkey under arms embargo rules eased in 2011, government sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2013
SDF duty put on hold; unit starts aiding refugees
Self-Defense Forces members participating in U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan have suspended their infrastructure building work and have started instead to provide support for displaced people seeking refuge from violence at U.N. facilities in the capital, Juba.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2013
Japan's aid to chemical arms watchdog lauded
Ichiro Akiyama, a former Ground Self-Defense Force officer, said Monday that Japanese have made important contributions to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which was named this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2013
Ex-GSDF spy recalls sending agent to North
A former member of a special Ground Staff Office unit has told Kyodo News about intelligence activities long conducted without the knowledge of the prime minister or defense minister, including paying several million yen to collaborators and sending a spy to North Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2013
GSDF spies have secretly worked abroad without informing prime minister: source
Ground Self-Defense Force spies have secretly gathered intelligence abroad since the Cold War era without informing the prime minister or defense minister, former senior defense officials say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2013
Dud shell used to adorn alcove for over 20 years
A 57-year-old man from Furano, Hokkaido, forced a neighborhood evacuation Wednesday after telling municipal officials he had a dud munition ready for disposal after using it as an alcove decoration for over 20 years.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2013
GSDF mission to South Sudan extended for another year
The government said Tuesday it will extend the Ground Self-Defense Force mission in South Sudan as part of U.N. peacekeeping operations by one year after the current term expires Oct. 31.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2013
Another 50 SDF troops to join S. Sudan mission
The government aims to dispatch an additional 50 members of the Self-Defense Forces to a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, raising the number of SDF personnel deployed there to around 400, a government source said.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2013
Mayor of Okinawa island calling for GSDF deployment re-elected
The mayor of Yonaguni, a town on Japan's westernmost island near Taiwan, was re-elected in Sunday's mayoral election, gaining support for his stance to seek deployment of Ground Self-Defense Force troops to spur the local economy, election returns showed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2013
Tokyo trains halt while GSDF blows up old shell
Bullet and commuter trains are suspended for hours as personnel from the Ground Self-Defense Force detonate a wartime antiaircraft shell found at a northern Tokyo construction site.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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