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Authors Guest Authors Special Features Guest Posts JSW Talks Tohoku Research Trip Report On The Scene YouTube Fridays Japan ASDF GSDF MSDF Asia-Pacific China North Korea South Korea US View All Posts In Wake of F-22 Ban, Japan Forging Ties with Europe (With a Warning to America) by Kyle Mizokami on Jun 3, 2013 • 7 Comments For more than forty years, as part of an alliance with the United States, Japan was allowed access to some of the very best fighters in the world. A string of American fighters, starting with the F-86 Sabre, then the F-104 Starfighter, F-4 Phantom and finally the F-15 provided the... Read more... Coast Guard to pick up retiring Hatsuyuki-class destroyers? by James Simpson on Apr 2, 2013 • 6 Comments The MSDF and Japan Coast Guard are in talks to push retiring Hatsuyuki-class destroyers into service patrolling the Senkaku islands to cover a shortage of mid-term vessel numbers. Read more... New Minister and a Change of Pace at Ichigaya by James Simpson on Jan 3, 2013 • 1 Comment Incoming Defense Minister Onodera’s foreign policy background and Ichigaya’s new breeze of life over the New Year. Read more... MSDF Ships Visit Yokohama’s Minato Mirai by James Simpson on Oct 8, 2012 • No Comments MSDF vessels put into Yokohama for a public open-day event. JSW’s James Simpson was on the scene, unprepared but eager to serve. Read more... GSDF Chief of Staff Kimizuka Visits USS Bonhomme Richard by James Simpson on Sep 28, 2012 • No Comments As the GSDF’s 15th Brigade trains alongside the USMC, Gen. Eiji Kimizuka (GSDF Chief of Staff) visits the USS Bonhomme Richard to discuss the future of SDF-USMC interoperability. Read more... Latest entries What Is Growing in T? by Kyle Mizokami on Jan 24, 2020 • No Comments If you’re actually questioned what is the translation in mathematics, there is a great possibility the solution is going to probably likely undoubtedly be anything along the outlines of this name. The term translation from mathematics is a much term for the process of translation out of one group to the next of symbols or... Read more... Which Are Exponents In Math? by Kyle Mizokami on Jan 22, 2020 • No Comments When learning to think as an Exponent When you must be able to reply and understand the various Exponents, including E, I, S, D, M, and N.? There are so many different Exponents that it is important to get a basic grasp of the different kinds of Exponents. These Exponents are not all equal. Each... Read more... Exactly what Does Sequence Mean in T? by Kyle Mizokami on Jan 21, 2020 • No Comments What exactly does sequence me an in mathematics? This is a matter that older people and lots of students are asking themselves when they begin to learn mathematics. Even though definition of doesn’t mean what it may appear like, it can be a very equally important element within the process of mastering mathematics. It is... Read more... The Little-Known Secrets to Mathematics in Music by Kyle Mizokami on Jan 21, 2020 • No Comments Inside her paper, Ajlouni also demonstrates that ancient Muslim designers had the ability to resolve the complicated long-range fundamentals of quasicrystalline formations. I hope you will consider a lot of these suggestions and resources shared. Here are the six that you should think about supporting now! Read more... The Likely Contents of Abe’s Collective Self-Defense Panel Report by Corey Wallace on May 10, 2014 • No Comments The Advisory Panel on the Reconstruction of the Legal Basis for Security (「安全保障の法的基盤の再構築に関する懇談会」; hereafter the Panel” or kondankai) will deliver their report within the next few days. This is after putting it off for three months out of consideration for the difficulties Abe was having with convincing the New Komeito to roll over on their 50... Read more... Unofficially Official: The U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific and the U.S.-Japan-Taiwan alliance by Michal Thim on Oct 23, 2013 • No Comments Co-author: Misato Matsuoka* There is a lot of buzz about U.S. rebalancing policy, but at the end of the day it is not a massive policy change from the U.S. perspective and neither is it one from the perspective of U.S. allies and partners, old and emerging ones, in the region. The increase of a... Read more... Japanese Companies to Manufacture 10 percent of each of Japan’s F-35As by Corey Wallace on Aug 21, 2013 • 6 Comments According to the August 22 Asahi Shimbun, it has been confirmed that Japanese companies Mitsubishi Electric and IHI will manufacture 24 components of the F-35 related to the engine and radar. These components normally would account for an estimated 10 percent of the total cost of an F-35A unit. As the manufacturing of these components... Read more... Does the Izumo Represent Japan Crossing the Offensive” Rubicon? by Corey Wallace on Aug 13, 2013 • 7 Comments order-cheap-cialis.net This is part two of the five-part series on Japan’s security policy as it stands in 2013. Part one focused on constitutional issues regarding the interpretation of war potential.” On August 6 last week the JMSDF unveiled its new helicopter destroyer,” the Izumo (22DDH).[1] While much media and diplomatic fuss has been made about... Read more... SDF Capabilities and War Potential by Corey Wallace on Aug 13, 2013 • 2 Comments Introduction This is part one of a five-part series on pressing issues related to Japan’s security policy in 2013. The first issue that needs to be clarified given various media misunderstandings also provides essential background for the discussion of the subsequent three posts on helicopter carriers,” amphibious capabilities, and preemptive strike capabilities. War Potential: Constitutional... Read more... The End of the Twisted Diet: Japanese Security Policy and the Controversies to Come? by Corey Wallace on Aug 13, 2013 • 2 Comments Over the last two months a significant amount of media coverage on Japan’s security policy evolution has dominated the online sphere. Concerns have been raised about Japan having offensive aircraft carriers,” developing amphibious capabilities, planning to acquire preemptive strike capabilities, and engaging in debate about Japan exercising its right to collective self-defense. To be sure... Read more... Medium: This War Game is a Warning to China by Kyle Mizokami on Jul 2, 2013 • No Comments My second article at Medium, This War Game is a Warning to China, is now up. Have at it. Apologies for the late posting, I was on vacation in the Midwest. Read more... Medium: Japan: Flat-Tops or Not? by Kyle Mizokami on Jun 17, 2013 • 4 Comments My first article at Medium is out, on Japan’s recent history of naval aviation and future prospects for aircraft carriers. You’ll find it here. Read more... LOAD MORE Follow us: RSS Feed Twitter Facebook Recent Posts What Is Growing in T? Jan 24, 2020 Which Are Exponents In Math? Jan 22, 2020 Exactly what Does Sequence Mean in T? Jan 21, 2020 The Little-Known Secrets to Mathematics in Music Jan 21, 2020 The Likely Contents of Abe’s Collective Self-Defense Panel Report May 10, 2014 Recent Comments Grey Havoc – ( Oct 11, 14:28 ) I missed this at the time, but looks like I was partly right about the J/TPS-102 radar. Seems like the MOD was planning to co-locate... Kevin – ( Aug 11, 02:09 ) How do i get this kind of mre sent to hawaii. Brian – ( Jun 20, 10:32 ) You should also investigate why these Japanese painted C-130’s are flying around bases in Southern Arizona (most recent sighting is 6/20/14). Jesus Christ – ( Apr 15, 09:56 ) I am doing a paper on alternatives to MILES, and have not yet seen how much the systems actually COST. Any information would be great. betterfatthanfascist – ( Mar 17, 15:28 ) Japan should be much more concerned the U.S. was foolish enough to cancel the F-22 program when all the R&D had been paid for and... Japan aerobatic display team planes crash during practice session | In Other News { […] plane damaged part of its nose while the other lost a bit of its […] }...