Report says SDF mission in Iraq was a 'purely military operation'
Ground Self-Defense Force engineering personnel faced shelling by mortars and rockets in Iraq 10 years ago in a mission billed at the time as humanitarian but described by the unit chief as a "purely military operation," according to an internal GSDF report.
United in outrage, protesters printing Anti-Abe posters in a nationwide campaign of dissent
Posters bearing the message "We will not tolerate Abe's politics" were raised Saturday across Japan by protesters against controversial security bills that were forced through the Lower House on Thursday. Roughly 5,000 people rallied with the posters in front of the Diet in Tokyo, according ...
Even if the Abe government extends the Diet session to ensure passage of its security legislation, it still must pass constitutional muster to be legitimate.
The Abe administration is doing everything it can to avoid getting pinned down on the details of its security legislation — to the detriment of public understanding.
The Abe administration's legislative package to expand the SDF's role finally reaches the Diet — but still remains poorly explained.
Sophie Solomon, the United Nations officer in charge of civilian-military coordination in Mali in western Africa, says the Self-Defense Forces would be more than welcome to join the U.N. peacekeeping operation in the conflict-riven country. "There is need for a lot of infrastructure" to be ...
Africa summit in U.S. expected to yield billions of dollars in deals, funding
The United States will announce nearly $1 billion in business deals, increase funding for peacekeeping and commit billions of dollars to expanding food and power programs in Africa during a summit this week, U.S. and development officials say. U.S. officials said the Monday-Wednesday summit in ...
How the West fell for the 'big lie' about South Sudan
The pursuit of separation from northern Sudan at all costs made it harder to admit certain truths about the south, such as ethnic divisions, and created the need for the "big lie," as one senior U.N. official calls it. "The big lie is that ...
The government decided Monday to supply ammunition to U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan, paving the way for Japan to provide such supplies to foreign or U.N. military forces for the first time. Japan will provide 10,000 bullets without charge, most likely to South Korean troops ...
