A falling machine gun fatally struck a safety officer during rope descent training at Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) Camp ...

TOKYO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF) has been killed during a training exercise in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, the GSDF said Friday.

Also on March 21, an electronic warfare unit was set up at a GSDF camp in Yonagunijima island, also in the prefecture. The new missile unit in Katsuren will function as the central command for ...

The planned missile deployment, expected to begin in March 2026, aims to strengthen security in the Nansei Islands chain, a ...

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the US Marine Corps are conducting joint exercises in southwestern Japan to bolster the defense of remote Japanese islands.

In June 2022, Gonoi went public about being sexually assaulted by male GSDF members in 2021 and demanded the Defense Ministry investigate the case. After an internal investigation, the ministry in ...

A 5.56 mm Minimi machine gun, the same type that fell and hit a Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant during rope descent training, is pictured in this image provided by the GSDF. A falling machine ...

The 18-year-old male candidate allegedly opened fire at three GSDF personnel at the organization's Hino shooting range during live-fire training in Gifu City, central Japan, on Wednesday.