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Interesting vids I found about JSDF cadets.

First is a vid about the JSDF Academy(Boeidai[防衛大]) since JSDF is not divided like the US military arms and is governed under a single organization, DoD. There is only one Military Academy for all arms.

I might remind you this is a military academy for officer training and not a boot camp.

Here is another interesting vid.
Naval　Aviation　CADETS trained at Ozuki　Airbase,　MSDF　Yamaguchi　Pref,　JAPAN.
These are fresh out of high school and Uni that joined the JMSDF.

That is where future jet fighter pilots will be coming from if Japan actually constructs an full fledged aircraft carrier.
YOu can see how much money Japan is allocating in training cadets to become soldiers.

With the legal changes being implemented to permit Japanese forces to be used beyond purely defensive/reactive operations, I wonder if any exchange officers will start showing up in US units as we see with British and other allies.

Japan has dispatched some units of the SDF to peace keeping in the past, including Iraq. It was controversial but not unheard of.

Fleet Training of the Maritime Self-Defense Force of Japan reaches Argentina


(Defensa.com) Took moorings in the port of Buenos Aires Fleet Training Maritime Self-Defense Force of Japan, was received by the Ambassador of Japan in Argentina, Noriteru Fukushima and representatives of the Japanese community. The Ambassador highlighted the longstanding ties of friendship between the two peoples, recalling in particular, the contribution made by Argentina during the año1904-1905 Japan during the Russo-Japanese War.

The conflict broke out because of the ambitions of Tsarist Russia for a location in the territories of Korea and Manchuria, by then under the rule of the Empire of Japan. The conflict forced Japan to compromise with England building a fleet that would allow it to face the inevitable clash against Russia; so it reaches an agreement for the construction of a number of battleships. In those moments they were under construction in the shipyards Ansaldo in Italy, two battleships commissioned by the Argentina Republic, Moreno and Rivadavia. After the acceleration of work to his enlistment, the two vessels were sold to Japan, receiving the names of Nisshin (Moreno) and Kasuga (Rivadavia). This action was never forgotten by Tokyo as anecdotal fact, the Japanese Emperor in gratitude gift to the Argentina-an act unreleased land in the capital for the construction of the first Argentina embassy.

Japanese naval squadron we visit, is on his way led by Rear Admiral instruction Yasuki Nakahata and consists of three modern ships, the training ship JDS KASHIMA (TV3508) under the command of Captain Teuro Ozawa 143x18x4,6m This ship ( sleeve length draft) has a displacement 4,050 tons has two gas turbines diesel two axes that develop 27,000 hp and a speed of 25 knots is armed with a rapid-fire cannon caliber 76mm Oto Breda and two triple torpedo tubes pitcher, hangarless flight deck crew is 370 men and women.


The second ship Flotilla Training is the JDS Shimayuki (TV35513). This destroyer, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Seiichi Koakutsu, has a displacement of 3050 tons. Its dimensions are 130x13,6 x 4.4m its powertrain consists of four gas turbines two axes Brogan power 45,000 hp at a speed of 30 knots. Its armament consists of two 20 mm cannons. Phalanx CIWS, anti-ship missile launcher 84 Harpoon RGM a rapid-fire cannon, 76mm anti-aircraft missile launcher and anti-submarine missile launcher and two triple torpedo tubes pitcher.

The destroyer JDS Yamagiri (TV3513) has a standard displacement of 3500 tons. Its dimensions are 137x14,6x4,5m, as powertrain has four gas turbines RR Spey that let you develop 30 knots equipped with two axes Brogan power 54000 hp at a speed of 30 knots. Its armament consists of a cannon shot fast de76mm; two automatic guns of 20 mm (Phalanx CIWS); 2 missile launchers RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship, also a pitcher for RIM 7 Sea Sparrow launcher and eight ASROC anti-submarine missiles, in terms of warning and detection equipment has a set of teams of systems such as o and q-6 / 7 CDS, NOLR-6c and OLT-3 ESM and OPS-14/24, 28 and 4A airborne radars, surface and sound. The Yamagiri, which this navigation works as escort ship flotilla Training is provided with flight deck and hangar from which an SH-60J helicopter Japanese Manufacturing operates. The objective of this navigation aims pedagogical practice, practice nautical cultivate and deepen friendly relations with each of the countries visited.

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Naval Today said:

Several Japanese distinguished visitors visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) for an all-hands call and ship tour, Aug. 24.

Among the visitors were Hiroyasu Izumi, minister plenipotentiary and deputy chief of mission, Embassy of Japan; Rear Adm. Yuri Sekignuchi, defense and naval attaché, Embassy of Japan; Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet; Vice Adm. Michael Shoemaker, commander, Naval Air Forces; Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, deputy commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet; and Michael Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan and president of the Reagan Legacy Foundation.

More than 1,000 Sailors joined Capt. Chris Bolt, Reagan’s commanding officer, and the distinguished visitors on the ship’s flight deck for an all-hands call. Bolt addressed the crew concerning Reagan’s new role as the U.S. Navy’s only forward deployed aircraft carrier.

Izumi and Bolt spoke with the crew about the longstanding relationship the U.S. Navy has had, and will continue to foster, with Japan. Izumi and dignitaries were also given a tour of Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan recently completed a hull swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while moored at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego. Many former George Washington Sailors joined the Ronald Reagan team and will transit with the ship back to Yokosuka, Japan.

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Second of the Izumo class Helicopter Destroyer, Kaga DDH-184, has been launched today in JMU Shipyard Isoko, Yokohama.

Japan Named and Launched its 2nd Izumo Class Helicopter Destroyer DDH-184 "Kaga"

Today, around 14:30 of August 27, 2015 (Thursday), Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) launched its second Izumo-class Helicopter Destroyer. The vessel was officially name "Kaga" (hull number DDH-184) during the ceremony at the JMU Japan Marine United Corporation shipyard in Yokohama Isogo.

Kaga was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the third to enter service, named after the former Kaga Province in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture.

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JS Kaga huh.
That name was completely unexpected.
I believe it was the name of one of the WW2 aircraft carriers.
The IJS Kaga looked like this.

Sunk during the battle of Midway.

TerraN_EmpirE said:

Japan has dispatched some units of the SDF to peace keeping in the past, including Iraq. It was controversial but not unheard of.

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maybe you should check this:
Japan Lawyers Join Opposition To Controversial Security Bills

Japan's national bar association on Wednesday threw its weight behind growing opposition to controversial security bills that could pave the way for Japanese troops to engage in combat for the first time since the end of World War II.

Hundreds of demonstrators, including some members of the 36,000-strong Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA), took part in a Tokyo rally with academics and citizens groups calling for the government to scrap the legislation — in the final stages of working its way through parliament.

Under the proposed new rules, pacifist Japan's Self-Defense Forces would have the option of going into battle to protect allies even if there was no direct threat to Japan or its people.

"The constitution couldn't work as a constitution" if the bills took effect, JFBA chairman Susumu Murakoshi told a news conference ahead of the rain-soaked demonstration.

Murakoshi called the swelling number of lawyers and academics opposed to the bills "unprecedented." Lawyers typically avoid taking part in large scale rallies.

The proposed legislation passed through the powerful lower house of parliament last month and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition aims to win final approval in the upper house by the end of September.

Abe and his supporters say the changes are necessary for Japan to deal with the world around it, but the push is deeply unpopular among the general public.

Many legal scholars have said the changes are unconstitutional and critics say they will drag Japan into American wars in far-flung parts of the globe.

A constitution imposed by a post-war US occupation force barred Japan's military from combat except in self-defense.

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