The Maritime Self-Defense Force has confirmed that a group of its personnel visited a war memorial museum that belongs to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo as part of their training program ...

When the airframes of two missing Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopters were detected on the Pacific Ocean seabed at a depth of about 5,500 meters in July 2024, it seemed impossible to ...

Several Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels reportedly allowed unvetted personnel to handle top secret information related to national security, with the MSDF’s top uniformed officer signaling his ...

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who watched aboard the destroyer JS Kurama, said Japan faces "severe" challenges to its security, though he did not specifically mention the dispute with Beijing over ...

New Maritime Self-Defense Force chief Adm. Keiji Akahoshi called on Monday, in a meeting after his formal inauguration, for his subordinates to exercise discipline following a series of incidents and ...

A Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopter that crashed off Aomori Prefecture in August, leaving three crewmen missing, has been discovered on the bottom of the sea at a depth of approximately ...

Confidential information from the Maritime Self-Defense Force has been leaked on the Internet via the peer-to-peer file-sharing program Winny, the MSDF said Thursday. The leak includes personal data ...

The Ministry of Social Development and Family (MSDF) launched a national digital platform developed to empower people with disabilities, their families, caregivers, and service providers to access ...