Defense & Security
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SDF Planes Arrive in Djibouti for Sudan Evacuation
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Three Air Self-Defense Force transport planes have arrived in Djibouti for the ...
April 23, 2023
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Japan Dispatches 2 ASDF Transport Aircraft to Djibouti to Evacuate Japanese from Sudan
The Defense Ministry announced Saturday that two Air Self-Defense Force aircraft had departed for D...
April 22, 2023
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Japan to Review Guidelines of Defense Export Framework
The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito will begin discussions Tuesday...
April 22, 2023
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Japan Faces Difficult Decisions in Evacuating Its Citizens from Sudan
The government’s plan to evacuate Japanese nationals from Sudan swung into full gear Friday as an A...
April 21, 2023
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ASDF Aircraft Heads for Djibouti to Evacuate Japanese from Sudan
An Air Self-Defense Force C-130 cargo plane has left the Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture to Djib...
April 21, 2023
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2 Bodies Identified 2 Weeks after Chopper Crash in Japan
TOKYO, April 20 (Jiji Press) — Two bodies recovered after a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter cra...
April 21, 2023
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Preparations to Recover Lost GSDF Helicopter Could Start This Month
Preparations for retrieving the wreckage of the Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that crashed of...
April 20, 2023
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Japan Orders Air Self-Defense Force Planes to Djibouti as Sudan Conflict Escalates
As the situation in Sudan escalates, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Thursday morning ordered Ai...
April 20, 2023
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North Korea Claims to Complete First Spy Satellite
SEOUL — North Korea has completed its first reconnaissance satellite, the official Korean Central Ne...
April 19, 2023
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ASDF Fighter Jets Scrambled Some 800 Times in FY22
Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets scrambled 778 times in fiscal 2022 against foreign military airc...
April 19, 2023
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Sixth Body Likely from Missing Chopper Found
Tokyo, April 18 (Jiji Press)—A sixth body, apparently that of one of the 10 people aboard a Japanes...
April 19, 2023
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Search Continues for Missing GSDF Personnel
Following the recovery of four bodies from waters near where a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter ...
April 18, 2023
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2 Bodies Likely From Missing Japanese Copter Recovered
MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa (Jiji Press) — Two bodies believed to be from a missing Ground Self-Defense For...
April 17, 2023
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North Korean Missile Launch Triggers J-Alert in Hokkaido
North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile that fell into the Sea of Japan on Thursday morn...
April 13, 2023
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N. Korea Fires Ballistic Missile toward Sea of Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Thursday, its fi...
April 13, 2023
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