U.S. Navy, JMSDF EOD Strengthen Relationship During Mine Exercise IWOTO 2019
EODMU 5 Platoon 501 and six different JMSDF EOD teams executed a live FMR demonstration and a live bottom mine contact charge demonstration. Keep Reading
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Expanding as Tokyo Takes New Approach to Maritime Security
The JMSDF has an inventory of powerful modern destroyers and submarines that can protect Japan and its maritime territory from any encroachment or attack. Keep Reading
Sightings of Oarfish Put Japanese on Alert for Earthquake, Tsunami
Japan's social media has gone into nervous overdrive following the discovery of a number of deep-sea fish traditionally thought to be harbingers of natural disaster. Keep Reading
Japan Coast Guard Marks 150th Marine Aids to Navigation Anniversary
U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation (ATON) facilitate more than $4.6 trillion dollars of economic activity across 25,000 miles of U.S. waterways. Keep Reading
Chinese Cyber Espionage Group Targeting Japanese Corporations Using Updated TTPs
In this campaign, the group sent spear phishing emails containing malicious documents that led to the installation of the UPPERCUT backdoor. Keep Reading
Strong Quake Triggers Landslides in Japan
The quake centered east of the city of Tomakomai was felt strongly in Hokkaido’s capital of Sapporo, roughly 42 miles away. There was no tsunami risk. Keep Reading
RIMPAC Wraps Up with a Coast Guard First, Countermining, Mega-Disaster Training
“A lot of people unfortunately think RIMPAC is just a war exercise... It does so much more." Keep Reading
China’s Coast Guard is Now a Military Police Unit
According to the language authorizing the reorganization, the move is required “to fully implement the [Chinese Communist] Party’s absolute leadership over the PLA and other armed forces." Keep Reading
