Chairman’s Message: Revising the Japanese Constitution
Author: Admiral Dennis Blair
Categories: Chairman's Message, Sasakawa USA Blog
An amendment to Japan’s constitution to provide a legal basis for the SDF is long overdue. Yet, before this happens, the Government of Japan must clarify civil-military relations, and the roles and missions of the three SDF services need to be reassessed.
Tags: Japan, japanese constitution, jgsdf, security, Self-Defense Force, Shinzo Abe
Chairman’s Message: The future of the U.S.-Japan alliance
Author: Admiral Dennis Blair
Categories: Chairman's Message
In this edition of the Chairman’s Message, Admiral Dennis Blair looks back on forty years of experience with U.S.-Japan relations and explains why, with this long and deep perspective on the Alliance, he can say without qualification that it is the strongest it ever has been — and how to continue to grow the relationship into the future.
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Joint JUMP event in Seattle with JGSDF
Date: September 17, 2016
Members of the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces came together in Seattle to honor the Nisei Veterans at this event from Sasakawa USA’s Japan-US Military Program (JUMP).
Tags: event, japan us military program, jgsdf, Joint Base Lewis McChord, JSDF, JUMP, jump program, seattle, us air force, us army, veterans