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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...
Military 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...
Army（JGSDF） How Japan Plans To Upgrade The Type 12 Anti-Ship Missile
The Latest SSMs As an island nation surround by water, the Japanese Ground Self-...
Army（JGSDF） How Capable Are JGSDF’s Type 81 Surface-To-Air Missiles?
For Short-Range Air Defense Contrary to its image, the Japanese Ground Self-Defe...
Society Why Japanese Anime Don’t Suffer From Political Correctness
Last Safe-Haven? Recent years have seen Western culture including Hollywood film...
Military What Is Japan’s “Hashidate” Accommodation Ship?
For Naval Diplomacy Among the various vessels operated by Japan's Maritime Self-...
Military The Crucial Role of Japan’s Mobile Surveillance Radars
Backing Up Radar Sites Modern warfare begins with air strikes against radar site...
Army（JGSDF） Why Japan Sent This Material Transport Vehicle To Ukraine
Small, But Extremely Useful Since the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) pu...
Army（JGSDF） Army Aggressors? Meet Japan’s Training Evaluation Unit
The BATRA system As each units of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) stri...
Military Japan’s Navy Wants More Replenishment Oilers And Support Ships
JMSDF's Expanding Roles While having an impressive fleet of 54 combatant ships a...
History Japan’s Insane WW2 Plan To Defend The Home Islands
Scraping Up Troops With the fall of the Mariana Islands in summer 1944, Imperial...