By YOSHITAKA ITO/ Staff Writer
June 8, 2020 at 07:10 JST
A YouTube broadcast of the Fuji Firepower Exercise shows a unit that could not actually attend the drill. (A screenshot from the Ground Self-Defense Force public relations channel)
The COVID-19 crisis has forced Japan’s Self-Defense Forces to drastically change the format of drills and exercises, raising concerns about preparations for the security of the nation. [Read More]
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
