#Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

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MSDF Ukushima sunk after fire off Oshima; 1 crew lost, 1 injured #minesweeper #japan #shipwreck

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2024: Youmiuri Shimbun -- Chinese Warships Stationed in East China Sea ADIZ Challenge Japan Ships, Aircraft

中国、東シナ海「防空識別圏」境界付近に常時３隻以上の軍艦…海自の新型護衛艦とにらみ合い Machine translation by DeepL Yomiuri Shimbun: China, more than three warships near the border of the “air defense identification zone” in the East China Sea at all times … Confrontation with the JMSDF’s new destroyer January 28, 2024 Click here for the video It was found that China has constantly deployed multiple warships near the borders of its…

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There is some CONFUSION about the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Participation in the United States (US)-Japan-Australia Joint Naval Drills in the SCS, US could be trying to SHAME the AFP into joining it

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Japan Maritime Self-defense Force 3rd Taigei-class attack submarine JS Jingei (Swift Whale) (SS-515)

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The current fleet of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force.

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Google "Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Flag"

Learn to be empathetic towards victims jackass

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Did you even try googling it yourself ya moron?

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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kurama (DDH 144) underway in the Pacific Ocean

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The Owl House Headcanon on Character's Favorite Japanese Dishes.

Luz Noceda: Okonomiyaki (Hiroshima-Style preferred). She likes it for it is a perfect comforting fusion between pancakes and takoyaki (which she had some bad memory from getting her tongue scrouged by it). Plus, she can choose a variety of fillings, which is great for her neurodivergent vibe (while also easily getting bored).

Amity Blight: Zaru Soba. She'd likely go for a dish that is simple yet defines Japanese elements. She would enjoy it with chunky chopped spring onion, wasabi-infused dipping, and hot tea on a side. After a few years of trying more Japanese dishes, she also got into shio udon and yakisoba. (and yakisoba-based okonomiyaki with her sweetheart)

Willow Park: Kimchi Nabe; full of vegetables, proteins from meat, eggs, mushrooms, tofu, and gochujang-rich kimchi (Giving spiciness and Korean-ness that Willow never realized she needed). She loves her nabe with varieties and large quantities of proteins. Especially chicken-based meatballs (like in sumo wrestler Chanko Nabe), chicken breasts, lean slices of beef, and white tofu. Plus, extra spicy.

Gus Porter: Omurice with ketchup fried rice underneath a blanket of thin and creamy omelet. He prefers creamy demiglace sauce with mushroom and beef stock base, alongside ketchup and a dash of Kewpie mayo. Maybe steamed bacon with low-sodium, crabstick, or fish sausage for the side protein. Plus, he loves Sanrio and doesn't care about locals' eyes upon him enjoying his two plates of My Melody Omurice.(It's kids' size, so two is it).

Hunter Noceda/Park/Daemonne: Kushiyaki, especially those from old-school Yatai stalls. However, he would avoid poultry-based ones (especially the wings, as tributes to his lifesaver, Flapjack) and alcoholic drinks. He usually goes with beef and vegetables on the same stick. His favorite side drink is Ramune or Calpis yogurt drink. He usually has a few pods of salted edamame first, if offered.

Vee Noceda: Shojin Ryori meal from local Zen Buddhist temples. Somehow, she can tastes 'magic' in food, and enjoy talking about spiritual and morality topics with Buddhist monks(and nuns). She usually not paying them by money but doing them some cleaning and arranging the sutra. She sometimes enjoy draining magic from Omamori (Green one is a yum!).

Edalyn Clawthrone: Tantanmen, extra broth, extra noodles, and a few extra pieces of boiled eggs. With rice on the side. After an extreme night (either work, or a party), she carves for carbs, proteins, and spices. Eventually, it becomes her usual comfort dish. Plus, it was worth her two meals and a pretty budget. If she feels extra fancy, maybe some extra meat as well.

Lilith Clawthrone: Kure's JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)-style Curry Rice, with milk (low-fat, or soya milk) and salad with a light dressing. She prefers a vegetarian version and original taste that serves Japanese maritime forces. She eventually made her own thanks to befriending a friend who was a chef on a Japanese battleship in the Cold War.

King Clawthrone: Set of different sushi varieties. He is into nigiri and maki with a few simple ingredients. He is into a grilled saltwater eel, salted boiled ebi (or tempura-fried), churnchy cucumber, and tamago. Onigiri is also his go-to, but he is not into raw meat.

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US-1 9077 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 71st Air Group July 1989 Kadena Air Base Carnival US-1 standing with the East China Sea in the background. It was a quiet public opening of Kadena Air Base with few spectators.

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As the three countries boost their military ties, one question Yoon is facing is whether South Korea could be implicated in a potential conflict between China and Taiwan. On Monday, Yoon gave a briefing where, without naming a country, he said the three leaders had agreed to "support the maritime security of countries in the Indo-Pacific region to ensure freedom of navigation and trade."  Critics of Yoon are now saying that the agreement worsens national security by raising the risk that Seoul could get pulled into a war over Taiwan, while also jeopardizing ties with China, South Korea's largest trading partner. The left-wing Kyunghyang newspaper wrote an editorial decrying the agreement, saying that it could pull South Korea into matters in which it is otherwise uninvolved. "In the event of a conflict or crisis in America's broad area of influence in the Indo-Pacific region, there is a high possibility of the U.S. demanding a joint response under the trilateral agreement with South Korea and Japan," the editorial said.

To implement this agreement, the role of the Korean military would have to be expanded in the mid- to long-term from its current focus on countering the [DPRK] to responding to various threats in the Indo-Pacific region. To enable not only “consultation” about these threats but also joint action down the road, the three countries also agreed to “hold annual, named, multi-domain trilateral exercises on a regular basis.”

Two changes are expected in the short term. First, Japan would have more input in the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula. Japan’s role in such a scenario would be to provide rear support (including logistics support) for US reinforcements dispatched to defend the Korean Peninsula under Japan’s Act on Measures to Ensure the Peace and Security of Japan in Perilous Situations in Areas Surrounding Japan of 1999 (renamed the Law Concerning Measures to Ensure Peace and Security of Japan in Situations that Will Have an Important Influence on Japan's Peace and Security in 2016). In that eventuality, any military communication between South Korea and the US would have had to go through the US.

But the consultation to which the three countries have now agreed makes it possible for Japan to directly make various demands of Korea. Japan could ask Korea to allow the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to enter Korean territory to rescue Japanese citizens. It could also remain in close communication while using its enemy base strike capability (also called “counterstrike capability”) to launch direct attacks on North Korea. Furthermore, the US and Japan could ask Korea to allow rear support units in the JSDF to operate in Korean sovereign territory, rather than only in open waters in the East Sea (known to Japan as the Sea of Japan), to enable smoother missions. [...]

While the US is not treaty-bound to defend Taiwan, US President Joe Biden has said on four separate occasions since his inauguration in January 2021 that he would defend against an invasion by mainland China. That’s because allowing China to overrun Taiwan unmolested would spell the end of American hegemony in the Western Pacific, a hegemony the US has maintained since the end of World War II, more than seven decades ago.

There’s also a growing sense inside Japan that a war against Taiwan should be regarded as a war against Japan and that the JSDF should respond aggressively. The late Shinzo Abe, former prime minister of Japan, said as much in several interviews with the press. And current Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida raised eyebrows when he said in the House of Representatives in April that if the US asked Japan to deploy the JSDF to defend Taiwan, Japan would “make a decision based on the specific and individual [situation] in accordance with the Constitution, international law and domestic law.”

Various war simulations run by leading American think tanks have concluded that the US-Japan alliance would be able to prevent a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, if barely, on the assumption that both the US and Japan were fully committed to the war. Given these considerations, Japan has revised three documents related to national security last December and decided to increase its defense budget to 2% of gross domestic product within five years.

If a war were to break out in Taiwan under these grim circumstances, it goes without saying that the US and Japan would use the consultation framework to request a “measured response” from Korea. Along with announcing the redeployment of US Forces Korea, the US could pressure Korea to join Japan in making a direct “military contribution” to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

While Korea would not be obligated under treaty to comply with any such requests, its refusal would surely cause serious harm to its alliance relationship with the US.

Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun reported Monday that Korean government officials are whispering about this amounting to Korea “crossing the Rubicon” in its relationship with China.

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The Japanese military is known as the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and consists of three services: the Ground Self-Defense Force, the Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Air Self-Defense Force.

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The Silent Service (2023)

Japan's first nuclear submarine built in collaboration with the United States goes missing under the command of Captain Shiro Kaeida (Takao Osawa). Since the submarine is technically under the command of the United States, the country has ordered the destruction of the submarine, viewing it as a threat.

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force deploy a submarine under the command of Captain Hirosh Fukamachi (Hiroshi Tamaki) to bring back the nuclear submarine safely before the US Navy finds it and destroys it. The story makes audience think about true peace amidst the complexities of international relations.

It's like a Japanese version of The Hunt for the Red October starring the late Sean Connery where a Soviet Nuclear Submarine intends to defect to the United States as both the US and Soviet Navy race against time to get their hands on the sub before the other.

This Japanese movie is based on the manga of the same name which ran from 1988 to 1996 during the end of the Cold War. I'm looking forward to this as I've always been a fan of military films and political thrillers like Tom Clancy.

The casts for this movie is incredible. They're all my favourite drama actors, like Takao Osawa (Kingdom), Hiroshi Tamaki (The Way of the Househusband), Aya Ueto (Yoshitsune), Tomoya Nakamura (Kamen Rider Black Sun), Yosuke Eguchi (Rurouni Kenshin), and more.

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Case File Tokyo 1954: The Beginning of the Age of Monsters

"I can hardly believe what has just happened. Now it seems Tokyo has no defense."

~ Steve Martin, International Correspondent, United World News.

13 August, 1954. 19:05 PM JST

Japan would be faced with an incident that would lead to one of the most destructive attacks on Japanese soil, and the start of the Age of Monsters. That incident would be the disappearance of the fishing vessel Eiko-Maru. Hours later, a rescue vessel, Bingo-Maru, would suffer the same fate. 

Japan Maritime Safety's investigation would eventually lead them to Odo Island that resided near the location of these incidents, and shortly after, the discovery of Monster 01.

Monster 01, or Godzilla as the locals of Odo Island call him, would be targeted by Japanese Naval Forces via depth charges in hopes of ridding him before it could cause any further damage. Unfortunately, this would only lure the beast to Tokyo Bay. Godzilla would first make landfall at Shinagawa, trampling all in his path, shrugging off artillery and canon fire, causing a deadly train wreck, and destroying the Yatsuyama Bridge before returning to the sea.

In the following days, Japan Self Defense Forces would erect a barb-wire fence that would be powered with 50,000 volts of electricity, in hopes of electrocuting Godzilla to death.

At 19:30 JST, 20 August, 1954, Godzilla would make landfall again at Shibaura. With baited breath, Defense Forces would train their turrets upon the beast as he walked closer and closer to the electrical wires. The great beast would bellow in pain as the electricity coursed through it's body. Explosion after explosion would sound as each shot hit their mark. But it would all be for naught as the beast's fins would glow an eerie pale blueish white, and from his maw, beam of light would burst forth, melting the the steel towers in an instant. Nothing could stop Godzilla's wrath.

In the following moments, Shibaura, Shinagawa, Minato, Chiba, and Ginza Wards would be transformed into a sea of flame. Godzilla would then continue his warpath North, beyond the metropolis and along the Tohoku Rail Line.

The JSDF would eventually formulate a plan to save Sendai from the same fate by utilizing jet-fighters and flares to lure Godzilla back out to sea as the city would undergo a total blackout order. This strategy is still in use today and has thankfully had more success than failures.

But no one would ever forget what happened to Tokyo. The ramifications of this disaster would be felt for years to come. Godzilla would still be at large. Japan would be gripped with fear and panic. And this would only be the first of many monsters to appear in the PacRim nations and territories.

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If you made it down this far, you may have noticed that events begin to alter towards the end. Well, I did say that the Age of Monsters was supposed to be an original timeline that would borrow events from the films, albeit altered, for certain time frames. This is one of them. There currently isn't an Oxygen Destroyer and there is currently only one Godzilla in this project.

Credits:

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Yamato Style Explosions - bowlroll.net/user/668840

Electrical Towers - bowlroll.net/user/189

Skydome - www.deviantart.com/mrwhitefolk…

Effects:

Autoluminous, ExcellentShadow, Diffusion, SelfThunder

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EAST CHINA SEA (Dec. 7, 2010) The guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) is underway in the East China Sea. Stethem is participating in Keen Sword 2010, a joint exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Ryan Smith/Released)

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Marinha do Japão promove intercâmbio naval internacional

Tóquio, Japão, 9 de outubro de 2024 – Agência de Notícias Kyodo – A Força Marítima de Autodefesa do Japão (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – JMSDF) está realizando um programa de intercâmbio que reúne jovens oficiais navais de 27 países para discutir segurança marítima. O evento, organizado pelo Colégio de Comando e Estado-Maior da JMSDF em Tóquio desde 2000, visa promover uma compreensão mais…