Army（JGSDF）
Japan’s Chemical and NBC Reconnaissance Vehicles
Navy（JMSDF） Izumo Class Destroyers, Postwar Japan’s First Aircraft Carrier
Designed As A Helicopter Carrier As the de-facto successor of the Imperial Japan...
Army（JGSDF） How Good Was Japan’s Type 74 Tank?
The Belated MBT As the Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle (MCV) increases its numbe...
Navy（JMSDF） Why Japan’s Oyashio Class Submarines Are Still Deadly
Top-Class Diesel Electric Subs Submarines are regarded as strategic assets capab...
Military How Capable Are Japanese Patriot Missiles Against Threats?
Last Line Of Defense Ever since North Korea's nuclear program and the developmen...
Navy（JMSDF） Already Successful? The Future of Japan’s Railgun Project
The Futuristic Electromagnetic Gun Often seen in Scifi-movies and regarded as a ...
Navy（JMSDF） The P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft’s Crucial Role
Kawasaki's Anti-Submarine Plane As an archipelago nation with nearly 7,000 islan...
Army（JGSDF） Japanese Marines? The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade
The First Amphibious Unit In the face of Chinese expansion in the Western Pacifi...
Navy（JMSDF） Japan’s Hayabusa-Class Guided Missile Boat
Failure Of 1-Go Class Despite being small, missile boats pack quite a punch and ...
Army（JGSDF） Can Japan’s Type 16 MCV Replace Tanks?
Better Mobility, Enough Firepower During the Cold War, Japan's Army (JGSDF) was ...
Military Why Japan Built The Shikishima-Class Patrol Vessel
Largest Coast Guard Ship While Japan as an impressive navy, the Japan Maritime S...
Military How Good Is Kawasaki’s C-2 Transport Plane?
Japan's Latest Military Transport Recently, Japan's Air Force (JASDF) has been b...
Army（JGSDF） Komatsu LAV – JGSDF’s Most Familiar Armored Vehicle
Light Enough For Airlift Like any other military, Japan's Army (JGSDF) is equipp...
Military Meet Japan’s Mini-Aegis – The Akizuki-Class Destroyers
Air-Defense Specialist Being an island nation, Japan has heavily invested in its...
Military Why Japan’s US-2 Is The World’s Best Seaplane
Right Plane For Maritime Rescue Once commonly used around the globe, seaplanes s...
Army（JGSDF） Meet Japan’s Latest Howitzer – Type 19 155mm Wheeled SPH
Lighter, More Agile The War in Ukraine has reemphasized the importance of artill...
Army（JGSDF） Japanese Javelin? JGSDF’s Type 01 LMAT Missile
Japan's Tank-Killer While the Russo-Ukraine War continues to provide new insight...
Politics Meet Japan’s Ruler – The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Dominating Politics Since 1955 Modern-day Japan is without a doubt a democratic ...
Military Why Japan’s Navy Is Best At Mine Warfare
Lessons from Utter Defeat Japan's Navy, the JMSDF, is one of the few navies whi...
Military Why Mitsubishi’s F-2 Fighter Is Deadly Against Ships
Quasi-Domestic Fighter Japan's air-force, the JASDF operates several types of fi...
Politics Japan’s Constitution, an American Product Kept Alive
Drafted in a Week by US Forces Every since its defeat in 1945, Japan has maintai...