As chief of staff of the GSDF, Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, 58, is a firm believer in rigorous training that leaves Japanese forces ready to confront any emergency without, as he puts it, having to ...

"We have no idea how much we could do in the case of a military emergency.” Since September, the GSDF has been conducting one of its largest-scale exercises focusing on transportation along with ...

In a rare move, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara earlier this month called off plans to build a new Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) training site on a former golf course in the city of Uruma, Okinawa ...

The Defense Ministry on Friday announced that five senior members of the Maritime and Ground Self-Defense Forces had been punished over the passing on of secret information to unvetted personnel ...

A private barge on May 2 salvaged part of a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) helicopter that crashed near Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April. The GSDF-commissioned vessel pulled out part ...

A court in western Japan is set to rule Thursday on an attempt to block construction of a Ground Self-Defense Force facility for Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in western Japan. A group, including a ...

The Self-Defense Forces on Friday reprimanded five members over two cases of mishandling state secrets in its ground and maritime bra ...

The lieutenant colonel was serving as a commander of a GSDF unit on the northernmost of Japan's main islands at the time, and had intended "to raise the spirits" of the unit, the ministry said. In ...

Floating wreckage that could be aircraft parts has been spotted during a search and rescue operation for the missing Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) helicopter carrying 10 people, including ...

"This kind of incident should never have happened at an organization that handles weapons. As the GSDF's chief of staff, I take this very seriously," he said. GSDF Chief of Staff General Morishita ...

(Mainichi/Ririko Maeda) In a rare move, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara earlier this month called off plans to build a new Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) training site on a former golf course in ...