Japan on Monday launched a new command for the Self-Defense Forces to better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses, ...

Japan launched a new joint command structure for the country’s armed forces Monday that is designed to address decades of ...

The decision to launch the JSDF Joint Operations Command was based on the revised national defense strategy finalized in 2022. The JJOC is responsible for the central command of the Ground ...

A Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be an act of war that sparks a global crisis. It would provoke a military response by ...

The flight test was held at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 19, fired from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.

The head of U.S. Forces Japan, Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost, speaks during the Joint Operations Command activation ...

Tokyo, March 24 (Jiji Press)--A ceremony was held in Tokyo on Monday to mark the launch of the Joint Operations Command at ...

The Defense Ministry on Monday established Japan’s Self-Defense Forces Joint Operations Command (JJOC). It will operate as a ...

Japan launched a new command for its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) on Monday to better integrate its ground, maritime and air ...

Japan put the branches of its military under a single operational command, taking a step the US, China and other nations have ...

The new SDF command, headed by Lt. Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, has a staff of around 240. It aims to improve the SDF's readiness ...

Japan launched the Joint Operations Command on Monday to take charge of all three branches of its Self-Defense Force in a ...