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An Osprey transport aircraft of the Ground Self-Defense Force is expected to use a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in an upcoming exercise with the U.S. side. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/22/japan/sdf-osprey-okinawa-us-base/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gsdf #okinawa #osprey #usbases

An Osprey transport aircraft of the Ground Self-Defense Force is expected to use a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in an upcoming exercise with the U.S. side. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/22/japan/sdf-osprey-okinawa-us-base/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gsdf #okinawa #osprey #usbases

An Osprey transport aircraft of the Ground Self-Defense Force is expected to use a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in an upcoming exercise with the U.S. side. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/22/japan/sdf-osprey-okinawa-us-base/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gsdf #okinawa #osprey #usbases

An Osprey transport aircraft of the Ground Self-Defense Force is expected to use a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in an upcoming exercise with the U.S. side. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/22/japan/sdf-osprey-okinawa-us-base/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gsdf #okinawa #osprey #usbases

https://www.alojapan.com/1489236/gsdf-osprey-to-use-u-s-base-in-okinawa-for-first-time/ GSDF Osprey to use U.S. base in Okinawa for first time #GSDF #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #osprey #USBASES #沖縄 An Osprey transport aircraft of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) is expected to use a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in an upcoming exercise with the U.S. side, sources said Thursday. As part of the Resolute Dragon exercise between the GSDF and the U.S. Marine Corps from June 20 to

https://www.alojapan.com/1489236/gsdf-osprey-to-use-u-s-base-in-okinawa-for-first-time/ GSDF Osprey to use U.S. base in Okinawa for first time #GSDF #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #osprey #USBASES #沖縄 An Osprey transport aircraft of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) is expected to use a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in an upcoming exercise with the U.S. side, sources said Thursday. As part of the Resolute Dragon exercise between the GSDF and the U.S. Marine Corps from June 20 to

The incident occurred at the Ground Self-Defense Force's tank unit at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture, and unconfirmed reports said the three may be unconscious. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/21/japan/japan-sdf-accident/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sdf #gsdf #oita

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department on Sunday searched locations related to a Ground Self-Defense Force member accused of trespassing into the Chinese Embassy in the Japanese capital this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/29/japan/crime-legal/police-search-sdf-base/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #china #chinajapanrelations #sdf #gsdf

⁠Japan has expressed its regret over the break-in at the Chinese embassy in Tokyo by a knife-wielding Japanese military officer, but that is "far from enough," the ​Chinese foreign ministry said on ‌Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/28/japan/politics/china-embassy-japan-regret-insufficient/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #sdf #gsdf

The realities of the Iran war has opened a window for stronger Japan-Ukraine ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/27/japan/japans-lessons-from-ukraines-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sdf #gsdf #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #defense #drones #constitution

Amid an increasingly severe security environment, the Defense Ministry plans to establish a coastal defense system using thousands of drones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/13/japan/japan-coastal-defense-drones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defense #sdf #gsdf #drones

The Ground Self-Defense Force has sent long-range missile equipment to Camp Kengun in the city of Kumamoto, as part of a counterstrike capabilities initiative. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/09/japan/ground-self-defense-force-missiles-kumamoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gsdf #sdf #missiles #defense #kumamoto

China's claim that Japan is returning to militarism is misleading because legal and institutional constraints make such a shift unlikely and current defense reforms reflect responses to changing regional threats. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/20/japan/myths-of-japanese-militarism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #wangyi #china #munichsecurityconference #yasukunishrine #taiwan #alliedoccupation #sdf #gsdf #msdf #sanaetakaichi #article9 #shinzoabe #defense #us

China's claim that Japan is returning to militarism is misleading because legal and institutional constraints make such a shift unlikely and current defense reforms reflect responses to changing regional threats. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/20/japan/myths-of-japanese-militarism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #wangyi #china #munichsecurityconference #yasukunishrine #taiwan #alliedoccupation #sdf #gsdf #msdf #sanaetakaichi #article9 #shinzoabe #defense #us

China's claim that Japan is returning to militarism is misleading because legal and institutional constraints make such a shift unlikely and current defense reforms reflect responses to changing regional threats. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/20/japan/myths-of-japanese-militarism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #wangyi #china #munichsecurityconference #yasukunishrine #taiwan #alliedoccupation #sdf #gsdf #msdf #sanaetakaichi #article9 #shinzoabe #defense #us

China's claim that Japan is returning to militarism is misleading because legal and institutional constraints make such a shift unlikely and current defense reforms reflect responses to changing regional threats. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/20/japan/myths-of-japanese-militarism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #wangyi #china #munichsecurityconference #yasukunishrine #taiwan #alliedoccupation #sdf #gsdf #msdf #sanaetakaichi #article9 #shinzoabe #defense #us

The Ground Self-Defense Force has decided to cancel the dispatch of a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft to the Iron Fist joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa Prefecture, it has been learned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/japan/gsdf-osprey-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #osprey #gsdf #sdf #us #usmilitary

As the Self-Defense Forces look to better counter regional threats, Japan’s push to increase the range of its munitions is drawing interest from a growing number of foreign firms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/japan/japan-sdf-howitzers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sdf #gsdf #defense

A record 15 countries took part in a New Year's jump training, which simulates island defense moves. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/11/japan/gsdf-new-year-jump-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gsdf #newyear #chiba #shinjirokoizumi

A Sapporo court on Friday ordered the government to pay ¥1.1 million in damages to the mother of a Ground Self-Defense Force member who died by suicide in 2012. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/crime-legal/sdf-government-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #sdf #gsdf #bullying #hokkaido #japanesecourts #suicide

The United States has informed Japan of its hope to additionally use heavy weapons, such as antitank missiles and rocket launchers, in training at Ground Self-Defense Force firing ranges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/us-heavy-weapons-use-gsdf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usjapanrelations #okinawa #gsdf #defense #rockets #missiles #defenseministry #hokkaido #miyagi #yamanashi #shizuoka #oita

The Pentagon’s troubled V-22 Osprey program recorded more serious accidents in each of the last two fiscal years than the average during any of the previous eight years, U.S. congressional auditors said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/13/world/osprey-incidents-watchdog/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #osprey #gsdf #sdf #us #usmilitary

The defense minister’s trip reminded observers of two things: China’s proclivity for overreaction and the challenges facing Japan in a tough neighborhood. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/28/japan/koizumis-yonaguni-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #shinjirokoizumi #gsdf #taiwan #china #defense #yonaguni

Tokyo police arrested a 43-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force member Saturday on suspicion of attempting to stab a woman to death earlier this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/22/japan/crime-legal/gsdf-akasaka-woman-stabbing-suspect/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #gsdf #stabbings #tokyo #akasaka #minatoward #japanesepolice

Tokyo police arrested a 43-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force member Saturday on suspicion of attempting to stab a woman to death earlier this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/22/japan/crime-legal/gsdf-akasaka-woman-stabbing-suspect/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #gsdf #stabbings #tokyo #akasaka #minatoward #japanesepolice

Tokyo police arrested a 43-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force member Saturday on suspicion of attempting to stab a woman to death earlier this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/22/japan/crime-legal/gsdf-akasaka-woman-stabbing-suspect/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #gsdf #stabbings #tokyo #akasaka #minatoward #japanesepolice

Tokyo police arrested a 43-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force member Saturday on suspicion of attempting to stab a woman to death earlier this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/22/japan/crime-legal/gsdf-akasaka-woman-stabbing-suspect/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #gsdf #stabbings #tokyo #akasaka #minatoward #japanesepolice

Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were dispatched to Akita Prefecture to assist with bear control as the number of attacks and subsequent fatalities continue to rise in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/gsdf-bear-akita-deployed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #akita #sdf #gsdf #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #kentasuzuki

Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were dispatched to Akita Prefecture to assist with bear control as the number of attacks and subsequent fatalities continue to rise in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/gsdf-bear-akita-deployed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #akita #sdf #gsdf #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #kentasuzuki

Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were dispatched to Akita Prefecture to assist with bear control as the number of attacks and subsequent fatalities continue to rise in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/gsdf-bear-akita-deployed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #akita #sdf #gsdf #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #kentasuzuki

Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force were dispatched to Akita Prefecture to assist with bear control as the number of attacks and subsequent fatalities continue to rise in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/gsdf-bear-akita-deployed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #akita #sdf #gsdf #defenseministry #shinjirokoizumi #kentasuzuki

The nation's Ground Self-Defense Force is preparing to dispatch personnel to Akita Prefecture to assist with measures against wild bears following a series of attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/sdf-bear-capture-participation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gsdf #bears #wildlife #hokkaido #akita #iwate #miyagi #nagano

Japan will send two Ground Self-Defense Force instructors to a mine removal training program in Lithuania as part of Tokyo's assistance to the Ukrainian military, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/ukraine-mine-removal-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ukraine #gsdf #landmines #ukrainejapanrelations

The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed a cutting-edge unmanned surface-to-ship missile system at a base in Okinawa Prefecture since July, sources said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/us-missile-system-deployed-in-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usbases #missiles #gsdf #okinawa #usjapanrelations #us

Two Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force sergeants who died Sunday during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture were killed by electrocution caused by lightning, the GSDF has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/society/gsdf-lightning-oita/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #gsdf #oita #death

Two Ground Self-Defense Force sergeants in their 20s have died during a training exercise at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture, the GSDF said Monday. They were not carrying weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/society/gsdf-training-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #oita #gsdf

Japan should feel rest assured that the Osprey aircraft are being deployed strategically, capably and safely. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/14/japan/dont-worry-over-osprey-safety-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #v22osprey #gsdf #sdf #usmarines #defense #usjapanrelations #airforce

The Ground Self-Defense Force has completed relocating 17 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft to a new camp in the city of Saga from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, the Defense Ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/society/osprey-deployment-camp-saga-completed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #sdf #gsdf #osprey #defenseministry #saga

Ah,gut,den absurden #traum über #totervater hätten wir damit auch mal wieder abgehakt, guten Morgen, schönen Freitag euch allen. #gsdf #tfif

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force has begun relocating its 17 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture to a new camp in the city of Saga. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/osprey-deployed-to-saga/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #osprey #gsdf #saga

Guten Morgen Freunde des gepflegten Internets. Ich wünsche allen Fedinauten einen schönen Freitag und vorab ein chilliges Wochenende. 👋☕

#GutenMorgen #GSDF #Wochenende #Fediverse

Japan on Wednesday called its first surface-to-ship missile test within its territory necessary training given the current "severe security environment," as it boosts military capacity to counter China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/japan/japan-first-surface-to-ship-missile-test/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sdf #gsdf #missiles #us #china

The nation's Defense Ministry held an inaugural ceremony for a new Self-Defense Forces unit focused on maritime transportation at the Maritime SDF's Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/06/japan/sdf-inaugural-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kurecity #hiroshimaprefecture #sdf #defense #msdf #gsdf #gennakatani

The nation's Defense Ministry held an inaugural ceremony for a new Self-Defense Forces unit focused on maritime transportation at the Maritime SDF's Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/06/japan/sdf-inaugural-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kurecity #hiroshimaprefecture #sdf #defense #msdf #gsdf #gennakatani

The nation's Defense Ministry held an inaugural ceremony for a new Self-Defense Forces unit focused on maritime transportation at the Maritime SDF's Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/06/japan/sdf-inaugural-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kurecity #hiroshimaprefecture #sdf #defense #msdf #gsdf #gennakatani

The nation's Defense Ministry held an inaugural ceremony for a new Self-Defense Forces unit focused on maritime transportation at the Maritime SDF's Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/06/japan/sdf-inaugural-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kurecity #hiroshimaprefecture #sdf #defense #msdf #gsdf #gennakatani

An ex-instructor for the Ground Self-Defense Force Chemical School said measures have progressed after the Aum Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system but warned against complacency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/japan/aum-sarin-gas-attack-sdf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #aumshinrikyo #terrorism #tokyosaringasattack #sdf #gsdf

The number of women in Japan's Self-Defense Forces has steadily risen in the 70 years since it was established, with nearly all job and placement restrictions lifted, but there is work yet to be done. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/04/japan/female-sdf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sdf #gsdf #defenseministry #women039sissues