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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, shakes hands with Gen. Charles Brown, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a meeting at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2023.

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Japan to send SDF planes to evacuate nationals from Sudan

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 20, 2023, after the government ordered the Air Self-Defense Force to dispatch aircraft to Djibouti in preparation for the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Sudan, where military clashes are intensifying.

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Japan

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino (L) and Koji Yamazaki, chief of staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, shake hands at the Japanese Defense Ministry headquarters in Tokyo on March 20, 2023.

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Japan-U.S. alliance to remain firm

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 10 Kyodo - Lt. Gen. Jerry Martinez (R), commander of U.S. forces in Japan, shakes hands with Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, after their joint press conference at the U.S. military base in the western Japan city of Iwakuni on Nov. 10, 2016. Both of them reaffirmed the importance of the bilateral alliance following Republican Donald Trump's victory in presidential election.

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Top Japan SDF officer visits U.S. cemetery for tribute

WASHINGTON, United States - Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano (C), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, visits the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington to pay floral tribute on Dec. 17, 2014.

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Top U.S. military officer in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks before a group of Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel in Tokyo on April 26, 2013.

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Top U.S. military officer in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks before a group of Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel in Tokyo on April 26, 2013.

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Iwasaki, Dempsey meet in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Chief of Joint Staff Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki (L) and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey answer reporters' questions after their meeting at the Pentagon in Washington on Aug. 23, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Mullen before senior Japanese Defense Ministry officials

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Michael Mullen (L), chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks before senior Japanese Defense Ministry officials, including Self-Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Ryoichi Oriki (2nd from L), at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 15, 2011.

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Oriki, Willard meet over nuke plant crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Robert Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, talks to reporters at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 21, 2011, after holding talks with Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, chief of staff of the Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, over the situation at a quake-hit nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. Willard said a radiological management team is standing by in the United States and would be deployed at the request of the Japanese side.

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Chiefs of Japan, U.S. forces meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gen. Ryoichi Oriki (L), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, chats with Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a garden at the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington on June 24, 2010. The top military officers of the two countries discussed situations surrounding Japan, including the alleged sinking of a South Korean naval ship by North Korea.

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Russian army chief visits Japan

Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin, chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces, reviews an honor guard in a welcome ceremony at the Defense Agency on Friday, Dec. 4. Kvashnin, who arrived earlier Friday as the first top Russian military officer to visit Japan, is flanked by his Japanese counterpart, Adm. Kazuya Natsukawa, joint staff council chairman of the Self-Defense Forces.

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Japanese team leaves to monitor

A Japanese team of 32 election monitors left Narita airport July 17 for Phnom Penh to monitor the July 26 Cambodian general election. Led by Tetsuya Nishimoto (2nd from R), former chairman of the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff Council, the team will join the Joint International Observer Group under the United Nations. Japan has extended 6.5 million dollars to Cambodia to help preparations for the election.

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Gen. Koji Yamazaki (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, holds talks with Adm. John C. Aquilino, commander of the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command, at the Japanese Defense Ministry headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2022.

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Japan-U.S. defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada (C), Gen. Koji Yamazaki (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, and Adm. John C. Aquilino, commander of the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command, are pictured ahead of Hamada-Aquilino talks at the Japanese Defense Ministry headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2022.

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Top SDF official visits SDF camp in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Hajime Massaki (R), chairman of the Joint Staff Council of Japan's Self-Defense Forces, poses with Goro Muramatsu, commander of the third contingent of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Samawah, Iraq, during his visit to the SDF's camp in Samawah on Sept. 21. The photo was released by the Ground Self-Defense Force. (Kyodo)

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China navy ship sails near Senkakus, Japan vows to protect territory

Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, hints at a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2016 that Japan is ready to mobilize the SDF for defensive action at sea if Chinese ships intrude into Japanese waters. A Chinese navy ship entered a contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea early in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China navy ship sails near Senkakus, Japan vows to protect territory

Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, hints at a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2016 that Japan is ready to mobilize the SDF for defensive action at sea if Chinese ships intrude into Japanese waters. A Chinese navy ship entered a contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea early in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Pacific chief Harris talks with Japanese PM Abe

Adm. Harry Harris (L), commander of the United States Pacific Command, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands as they meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2016. Harris is in Japan to attend a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Joint Staff Office of Japan's Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Pacific chief Harris talks with Japanese PM Abe

Adm. Harry Harris (L), commander of the United States Pacific Command, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2016. Harris is in Japan to attend a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Joint Staff Office of Japan's Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's top uniformed defense official visits U.S.

Katsutoshi Kawano (R), the chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, attends a ceremony with Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Washington on July 16, 2015. During their meeting, the top uniformed defense officials agreed to enhance bilateral military cooperation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's top uniformed defense official visits U.S.

Katsutoshi Kawano (L), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, attends a lecture meeting hosted by a U.S. think tank in Washington on July 16, 2015, together with former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. Kawano said security bills passed by Japan's lower house the same day aim at enhancing the bilateral alliance rather than unleashing Japan militarily. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mullen before senior Japanese Defense Ministry officials

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Michael Mullen (L), chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks before senior Japanese Defense Ministry officials, including Self-Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Ryoichi Oriki (2nd from L), at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 15, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Chiefs of Japan, U.S. forces meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gen. Ryoichi Oriki (L), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, chats with Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a garden at the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington on June 24, 2010. The top military officers of the two countries discussed situations surrounding Japan, including the alleged sinking of a South Korean naval ship by North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Oriki, Willard meet over nuke plant crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Robert Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, talks to reporters at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 21, 2011, after holding talks with Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, chief of staff of the Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, over the situation at a quake-hit nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. Willard said a radiological management team is standing by in the United States and would be deployed at the request of the Japanese side. (Kyodo)

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Top Japan SDF officer visits U.S. cemetery for tribute

WASHINGTON, United States - Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano (C), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, visits the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington to pay floral tribute on Dec. 17, 2014. (Kyodo)

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U.S. military Osprey aircraft

Gen. Koji Yamazaki, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, (L) and Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, pose aboard Japanese destroyer Kaga off the Shikoku region in western Japan on Oct. 26, 2020. A U.S. military Osprey aircraft can be seen in back. (Pool photo)

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U.S. military Osprey aircraft

Gen. Koji Yamazaki, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, (L) and Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of U.S. Forces Japan, hold a press conference aboard Japanese destroyer Kaga off the Shikoku region in western Japan on Oct. 26, 2020. A U.S. military Osprey aircraft can be seen in the back. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure to former chief of the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff Ryoichi Oriki at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 31, 2020. Attendees wear face masks amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Top officer says will be "thankful" if Constitution mentions SDF

Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on May 23, 2017. Kawano indicated his support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent proposal to consider stipulating the existence of the SDF in the first-ever change to the postwar Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's opposition demands defense chief quit over S. Sudan issue

Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2017. Kawano said recently released daily activity logs of Japanese troops in South Sudan from July 2016 should have been reported the instant they were found, while the Democratic Party demanded Defense Minister Tomomi Inada resign, claiming she downplayed the seriousness of the conflict there by not describing it as "combat." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian army chief visits Japan

Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin, chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces, reviews an honor guard in a welcome ceremony at the Defense Agency on Friday Dec. 4. Kvashnin, who arrived earlier Friday as the first top Russian military officer to visit Japan, is flanked by his Japanese counterpart, Adm. Kazuya Natsukawa, joint staff council chairman of the Self-Defense Forces. ==Kyodo

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Japanese team leaves to monitor

A Japanese team of 32 election monitors left Narita airport July 17 for Phnom Penh to monitor the July 26 Cambodian general election. Led by Tetsuya Nishimoto (2nd from R), former chairman of the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff Council, the team will join the Joint International Observer Group under the United Nations. Japan has extended 6.5 million dollars to Cambodia to help preparations for the election. ==Kyodo