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No.183 (May 2025)

No.183 (May 2025)

Establishment of JJOC

  • Establishment of JJOC
  • DM Nakatani Visits the Philippines
  • Chief of Staff, JJS, Meets Commander of the Joint Cyberspace Command, Spanish Armed Forces and Commander of the Poland Cyber Command
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF, Visits the U.S.
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF, Meets Chiefs of French and German Army
  • Visits by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary of State of Ministry of National Defence of Poland
  • Visits by Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Multilateral Exercise “Cobra Gold 2025”
  • Bilateral Exercise “Dharma Guardian 24”
  • Bilateral Exercise “Iron Fist 25”
  • Multilateral Exercise “KOMODO 2025”
  • The 28th Indo-Pacific Naval College Seminar
  • Solomon Islands (UXO Disposal)
  • Republic of Fiji (Military Medicine)
  • ATLA & DIU Present: Japan-U.S. Global Innovation Challenge
  • The Acceptance of Ukrainian Injured Soldiers at NDMC Hospital
  • Capacity Building Project Kingdom of Tonga (Outboard Motor Maintenance)

No.182 (April 2025)

No.182 (April 2025)

Japan-U.S. Defense Ministerial Telephone Conference

  • Japan-U.S. Defense Ministerial Telephone Conference
  • Chief of Staff, JJS, Meets Chief of Australian Defence Force
  • Japan-Estonia Defense Ministers Meeting
  • The 14th Japan-ASEAN Defense Vice-Ministerial Forum
  • The 61st Munich Security Conference
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF, Meets Chief of Italian Army General Staff
  • Joint Senior Leaders Seminar(JSLS)
  • Vice Chief of Staff, JASDF, Visits India
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF, Visits Türkiye and the UK
  • Chief of Staff, JMSDF, Meets Commander of Royal Navy of Oman
  • Japan-U.S. Bilateral Exercise “North Wind 25”
  • Multilateral Exercise “AMAN 2025”
  • Japan-U.S.-Australia Trilateral Exercise “Cope North 25”
  • Japan-U.S.-France Multilateral Exercise “Pacific Steller”
  • Support for Ukraine - Additional Provision of JSDF Vehicles
  • Japan-Kazakhstan Capacity Building Project on Military Medicine
  • Japan-Cambodia Capacity Building Project on PKO(Civil Engineering)

No.181 (March 2025)

No.181 (March 2025)

DM Nakatani Visits the U.K.

  • DM Nakatani Visits the U.K.
  • DM Nakatani Visits Indonesia
  • Maritime Cooperation and Connectivity Conference co-hosted by Japan and Indonesia
  • Chief of Staff, CJJS, Visits Belgium and the Netherlands
  • Chief of Staff, JASDF, Meets Chief of Staff, Indonesian Air Force
  • Transfer of Two JGSDF Used Multipurpose Material Handling Vehicles to Vietnam
  • The kick-off of Government-Industry Joint Committee for the Promotion for Australia’ s Next General Purpose Frigate programme
  • Establishment of the Defense Innovation Science and Technology Institute (DISTI)
  • Japan-U.S.-Australia Trilateral Command Post Exercise “YS-87”
  • Departure of the IMED25 Units
  • New Year Jump & International Airborne Commanders Conference
  • Bilateral Field Training Exercise “VIGILANT ISLES24”
  • FY 2025 Budget Plan Approved
  • WPS Seminar for Papua New Guinea & Establishment of a Featured Site of WPS

No.180 (February 2025)

No.180 (February 2025)

DM Nakatani Visits Australia

  • DM Nakatani Visits Australia
    • Australia-Japan-U.S. Trilateral Defense Ministers’ Meeting
    • Japan-U.S. Defense Ministerial Meeting
    • Japan-Australia Defense Ministers’ Meeting
  • Exchange Ceremony of Japan-Peru Memorandum on Defense Cooperation and Exchanges, and Others
  • The Japan-Sweden Defense Ministerial Meeting/Visit to Maritime Operation Center and JS Inazuma in Yokosuka by Defence Minister Jonson
  • Japan-U.S. Ministerial Meeting & Working Dinner
  • Chief of Staff, CJJS, Meets Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Jordanian Armed Forces/DM Nakatani Receives a Courtesy Call
  • Chief of Staff, CJJS, Meets GEN Kainerugaba, Chief of Defense Forces, Uganda People’s Defense Forces
  • United Nations Triangular Partnership Programme (UNTPP)
    • Heavy Engineering Operators’ Course in Cambodia
    • UN Field Medical Assistants Course in Uganda
    • Online Construction Process Management Course
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF, Visits the Netherlands and Germany
  • Chief of Staff, JASDF, Visits the Philippines
  • Participation in CSpO Initiative Principals’ Board
  • Japan-France Bilateral Exercise “OGURI-VERNY 24-5”
  • Japan-U.S.-ROK Trilateral Exercise
  • Land Forces Summit
  • Japan-ROK-U.S. Conduct the Second Iteration of Exercise “Freedom Edge”
  • Multilateral HA/DR Training (Christmas Drop)
  • Multilateral Logistics Staff Talk 2024
  • Capacity Building Project on HA/DR to Indonesia and Malaysia
  • Japan-Italy-United Kingdom Leaders’ Meeting on GCAP
  • MAST AUSTRALIA 2024 in Adelaide, Australia

No.179 (January 2025)

No.179 (January 2025)

NATO Defense Ministers Meeting

  • NATO Defense Ministers Meeting
  • G7 Ministerial Meeting on Defense
  • The 11th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus
  • Air Force Forum in Japan
  • Troop Review, 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of MOD/JSDF
  • Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Visits India
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF Visits the U.S
  • Chief of Staff, JMSDF Receives a Courtesy Call from Commander, Royal Canadian Navy
  • Multilateral Exercise MALABAR 2024
  • Bilateral Exercise in JPMRC 25
  • Bilateral Exercise KAMANDAG 24
  • Bilateral Joint Exercise Keen Sword 25
  • Hari’i Hamutuk 24
  • Port Call by Republic of Korea Ship Marado
  • JSDF Annual Marching Festival

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