Military
How Strong Is Japan’s Coast Guard?
Army（JGSDF） The Extremely Rare Type 96 Self-Propelled 120mm Mortars
Only Seen In Hokkaido Among the infantry units of the Japanese Ground Self-Defen...
Army（JGSDF） What Are Japan’s Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectiles?
For Island Defense Operations In response to China's increasing assertiveness, J...
Navy（JMSDF） How Good Are Japan’s Awaji-class Minesweepers?
Largest FRP-Made Ship The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is known ...
Army（JGSDF） Japan Is Finally Storing Old Weapons For Reserve
From Scrap To Storage Due to budget constraints and organizational culture, the ...
Military What Is Japan’s Air Development & Test Wing?
Testing New Aircraft/Tech Among the many units in Japan's Air Self-Defense Force...
Army（JGSDF） How Good Is Japan’s Type 89 Assault Rifle?
Fixing The Type 64's Flaws The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) had long relied ...
Military Japanese Coast Guard’s Massive Multi-Purpose Ship
Biggest Coast Guard Vessel As the Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) is tasked with tack...
Military Japan Wants A Satellite Constellation Network For Its Military
More Resilience & Risk Dispersion In modern warfare, where missiles and drones a...
Army（JGSDF） JGSDF Relies On Reconnaissance Motorcycles
From Scouting To Disaster Relief For any military operation, regardless of the b...
Politics Why Japan’s Constitution Is Nearly Impossible To Amend
Political Suicide? Postwar Japan's constitution was drafted by the US occupation...
Army（JGSDF） The JGSDF 1st Helicopter Brigade’s Impressive Fleet
Largest Number Of Helicopters As modern ground operations require swift deployme...
Military The Role Of Uraga-Class Mine Countermeasures Ships
HQ Facilities & Replenishment Japan once had its shipping lanes completely destr...
Army（JGSDF） What Are JGSDF’s FFOS/FFRS Reconnaissance UAVs?
For Artillery Observation As modern warfare shows the intense use of small comme...
Military Japan’s Self-Defense Forces Are Experts At Disaster Relief
Being Self-Reliant Japan, a country extremely prone to natural disasters such as...
Military What Are Japan’s Oceanographic Research Ships?
For Anti-Submarine Warfare Although the ocean covers nearly 70% of the Earth's s...
Politics Why The LDP Keeps Winning Japanese Elections
No Other Alternative? Despite being a democratic nation with free transparent el...
Army（JGSDF） Defending Tokyo? JGSDF’s Elite 1st Division
Protecting The Capital Much like other ground units assigned to protect the capi...
Military Every JASDF Pilot Starts With The T-7 Trainer Aircraft
The First Plane To Fly When becoming a pilot in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force...
Navy（JMSDF） Why Japan’s Navy Built The YOT-01 Class Oil Tankers
Improving Self-Sufficiency As an island nation, it is only natural for Japan to ...
Military Mysterious Radio? The Unknown “Japanese Slot Machine”
A Secret Transmission In a world where numerous radio transmissions fly around u...