Japan's new head of the Ground Self-Defense Force is something of a maverick, having become the first top-ranking officer not to have graduated from the National Defense Academy in recent memory ...

The Joint Operations Command for the ASDF, the Ground SDF and the Maritime SDF is set to be launched in March at the Defense ...

YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in a speech at the National Defense Academy’s graduation ceremony, vowed to strengthen Japan’s defense capabilities in light of the ...

Nagumo, 59, joined the Air SDF after graduating from the National Defense Academy of Japan in 1989. He assumed the current post in March 2023 after serving in positions including director-general ...