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No.178 (December 2024)

No.178 (December 2024)

Inauguration of Defense Minister Nakatani

  • Inauguration of Defense Minister Nakatani
  • DM Nakatani Receives a Courtesy Call from Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army
  • DM Nakatani Receives Courtesy Calls from Commanders of U.S. Forces
  • Japan-Finland Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • State Minister of Defense Oniki’s Participation in the Seoul Defense Dialogue
  • Japan-Canada Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • VM Nakajima Visits Laos and Singapore
  • Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Visits Hawaii
  • Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Visits Denmark
  • Chief of Staff, JMSDF Visits Italy
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF Visits Australia
  • Chief of Staff, JASDF Visits India
  • Japan-France Bilateral Exercise “Brunet Takamori 24”
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF Holds a Dialogue with Chief of the French Army
  • Pacific Partnership 2024-2
  • Pacific Protector 24
  • Pacific Vanguard 24
  • KAEDEX24
  • Monitoring and Surveillance Activities against Illicit Activities
  • Japan-Philippines Bilateral Exercise “Doshin-Bayanihan4-24”
  • JGSDF Chemical School Becomes Designated OPCW Laboratory

No.177 (November 2024)

No.177 (November 2024)

Japan-Cambodia Defense Ministerial Meeting

  • Japan-Cambodia Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Japan-Viet Nam Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Officially visits Mongolia/Khaan Quest 24
  • Japan-India Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Japan-India Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting (“2+2”)
  • Japan-Norway Defense Ministers Meeting
  • DM Kihara visits Australia, Japan-Australia Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • 11th Japan-Australia 2+2 Foreign and Defense Ministerial Consultations (“2+2”)
  • VM Masuda Visits Australia
  • Japan-Italy Industrial Forum
  • Japan-Italy Working Lunch
  • Japan-Italy Bilateral Training “Rising Sun”
  • Associate Professor of National Defense Academy Dispatched to Colombia and Jamaica
  • Chief of Staff, JMSDF meets Chief of German Navy
  • Japan-Australia-France-Germany-Italy Multilateral Exercise “Noble Raven 24-3”
  • Super Garuda Shield 24
  • Resolute Dragon
  • Pacific Angel 24-1
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF Visits the Republic of the Philippines
  • WPS Forum
  • JFY25 Budget Request
  • Completion of All Disaster Relief Operations for the Noto Peninsula Earthquake

No.176 (October 2024)

No.176 (October 2024)

Japan-United States-Republic of Korea Trilateral Ministers’ Meeting

  • Japan-United States-Republic of Korea Trilateral Ministers’ Meeting
  • Japan-ROK Defense Ministers’ Meeting
  • Japan-ROK-U.S. Chiefs of Defense Meeting
  • Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee “2+2”
  • Japan-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on Extended Deterrence
  • Japan-U.S. Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Bilateral/Trilateral Training with France, Germany and Spain
  • Japan-UK-Italy Trilateral Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Japan-UK Defense Ministers’ Meeting
  • Farnborough International Airshow/GCAP Exhibition
  • Japan-Italy Defense Ministers’ Meeting
  • Chief of Staff, JASDF visits UK
  • Japan-Sweden Defense Ministers’ Meeting
  • JGSDF Central Band performs at “Eksjö International Tattoo”
  • DM Kihara holds a working dinner with Swiss PM Amherd
  • Chief of Staff, JMSDF visits Australia
  • Chief of Staff, JASDF visits Australia
  • Chief of Staff, JMSDF meets Chief of Royal Australian Navy
  • Senior Adviser to the Minister of Defense participates in IODS2024 in Perth, Australia
  • DM Kihara receives a courtesy call from the United States Secretary of the Army
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF meets the United States Secretary of the Army

No.175 (September 2024)

No.175 (September 2024)

Japan-Philippines Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting

  • Japan-Philippines Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Japan-Philippines Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • JS Noshiro Makes a Port Call at Suva, the Republic of Fiji
  • Participation in “Tonga Royal Navy 50th Anniversary Naval Review”
  • Japan-France Bilateral Exercise “OGURI-VERNY 24-2”
  • Japan-Türkiye Bilateral Exercise
  • Japan-U.S.-Canada- Philippines Quadrilateral Exercise
  • Japan-India Bilateral Exercise “JIMEX24”
  • Valiant Shield 24
  • Freedom Edge
  • Southern Jackaroo24
  • Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Visits Australia
  • Chief of Staff, JGSDF Visits U.S. and Canada
  • Chief of Staff, JASDF Visits Papua New Guinea and Palau
  • Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Visits Japan
  • Commander of Republic of Fiji Military Forces Visits Japan
  • Commander of Royal Cambodian Army Visits Japan
  • Members of Romania-Japan Friendship Group in the Romanian Parliament Visits Japan
  • Japan-UK VM Defense Dialogue
  • Defense of Japan 2024

No.174 (August 2024)

No.174 (August 2024)

Defense Minister Kihara Attends Shangri-La Dialogue

  • Defense Minister Kihara Attends Shangri-La Dialogue
  • MARARA 24
  • Japan-Netherlands Bilateral Exercise
  • Defense Industrial Cooperation, Acquisition, and Sustainment (DICAS) Forum
  • Prime Minister of New Zealand visits JS Kumano

No.173 (July 2024)

No.173 (July 2024)

Defense Ministers and Secretaries of Japan, U.S., Australia, and Philippines Meet at Honolulu

  • Defense Ministers and Secretaries of Japan, U.S., Australia, and Philippines Meet at Honolulu
  • Japan-Philippines Defense Cooperation and Exchanges
  • Commander of USSPACECOM Visits Japan
  • Staff Talks with Philippine Army and Marine Corps
  • Additional SDF Personnel Dispatched to UNMISS
  • Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024 Launches
  • PVM Miyake Makes a Round of Visits to Baltic States
  • PVM Matsumoto Visits JSDF Facility in Djibouti
  • State Minister of Defense Visits Mongolia
  • Celebrating 70 Years of JASDF’s Foundation
  • HMS Spey Makes a Port Call at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base
  • Locked Shields 2024

No.172 (June 2024)

No.172 (June 2024)

Reinforcement of Structure of Japan Self-Defense Forces

  • Reinforcement of Structure of Japan Self-Defense Forces
  • Japan-Indonesia Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Final Shipment of JSDF’s Vehicles to Ukraine
  • DM Kihara met Ambassadors from Bucharest Nine
  • Commander of Estonian Defence Forces Invited to Japan
  • Commanding General, USARPAC and Commander, Pacific Fleet Visit JMOD
  • Dispatch of SDF Personnel to UN
  • Tomahawk Cruise Missile Training at Yokosuka Base
  • Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity
  • AsterX 2024
  • Dharma Guardian 23
  • Iron Fist 24
  • Capacity Building Programs in Fiji and Philippines

No.171 (May 2024)

No.171 (May 2024)

The 2nd Japan Pacific Islands Defense Dialogue (JPIDD) Held in Tokyo

  • The 2nd Japan Pacific Islands Defense Dialogue (JPIDD) Held in Tokyo
  • Japan-Mongolia Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Japan-Mongolia PM and MM Dialogue
  • Activities of Overseas Training Cruise in Southeast Asia
  • VM Serizawa Visits Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
  • Japan-Singapore Joint Service Staff Talks
  • Exchanges with U.S. High Officials
  • Commander of Chilean Navy Visits Japan
  • NATO SACEUR Visits JMOD
  • Japan-UK Navy Staff Talks
  • Chief of General Staff, British Army Meets DM Kihara and GEN Morishita
  • Cobra Gold 2024
  • MILAN 2024
  • International Cadets’ Conference at National Defense Academy
  • Global Sentinel 2024

No.170 (April 2024)

No.170 (April 2024)

Capacity Building Project with Solomon Islands

  • Capacity Building Project with Solomon Islands
  • Signing of Japan-Germany Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement
  • Japan-Germany 7th Army Staff Talks
  • PVM Miyake Attends Munich Security Conference and Meets with Ministers
  • Chief of Staff, JMSDF Visits Oman and Germany
  • Japan-Kenya Statement of Intent on Defense Cooperation and Exchange
  • Japan-Jordan Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Japan-Malaysia Bilateral Exercise
  • 13th Japan-ASEAN Defense Vice-Ministerial Forum
  • North Wind 2024
  • Defense Attachés at Embassies and Missions Worldwide
  • Progress of Project on Stand-Off Defense Capability
  • ATLA Exhibits at Singapore Airshow
  • Japan and Australia Sign Agreement for Undersea Warfare

No.169 (March 2024)

No.169 (March 2024)

Japan-U.S.-ROK Trilateral Exercise

  • Japan-U.S.-ROK Trilateral Exercise
  • New Year’s Jump 2024
  • Acceptance, Turnover & Blessing Ceremony of Air Surveillance Radar System in the Philippines
  • DM Kihara met with Philippine Ambassador Garcia-Albano
  • Pacific Partnership 2024
  • Japan-Kenya Military to Military Dialogue
  • ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations and WPS Seminar
  • Capacity Building Project in Laos
  • Vice Chief of Staff, JS participated in NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session
  • Sea Dragon 24
  • Japan-U.S.-Republic of Korea Trilateral Exercise
  • Italy-Japan Defence Industry Forum
  • Digital Pamphlet “Fundamental Reinforcement of Japan’s Defense Capabilities” Is Out on Website
  • Disaster Relief in Response to 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake

No.168 (February 2024)

No.168 (February 2024)

Joint Exercise 2023

  • Joint Exercise 2023
  • Japan-UK-Italy Defence Ministerial Meeting
  • Japan-Italy Defense Ministerial Meeting
  • Japan-Germany Defense Strategic Dialogue
  • Combined Space Operations Initiative Participation
  • ANNUAL Exercise 2023
  • Yama Sakura 85
  • Land Forces Summit
  • Land Forces Commanders Meeting
  • KAMANDAG 23
  • Japan-Bahrain Memorandum of Defense Cooperation/Exchanges
  • Japan-Qatar Military to Military Dialogue
  • United Nations Triangular Partnership Programme
  • Capacity Building Project with Mongolia, ASEAN, Malaysia and Cambodia
  • Christmas Drop 2023
  • Vigilant Isles 2023
  • Japan Self-Defense Forces Marching Festival 2023

No.167 (January 2024)

No.167 (January 2024)

Japan-UK Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting 2023

  • Japan-UK Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting 2023
  • Japan-UK Defense Ministers Meeting
  • Japan-Australia Defence Ministerial Meeting
  • Japan-Ukraine Defense Ministers’ Videoconference
  • Rescue Flag Okinawa
  • Noble Caribou
  • Resolute Dragon 23
  • Rising Thunder 23
  • Japan-U.S.-ROK Trilateral Training
  • The 8th ASEAN-Japan Defence Ministers’ Informal Meeting
  • The 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus
  • Capacity Building Project with Philippines and Indonesia
  • HA/DR Training Cooperation with Djibouti Armed Forces
  • Pacific Partnership 2023
  • Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition 2023

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