Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force

NTSB 2020 Digest of Maritime Accident Investigations

The following is the National Transportation Safety Board recently released Safer Seas Digest 2020 that summarizes major maritime accidents and lessons learned including the 2017 collision of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) off Japan and the collision of then-under construction USS Delbert Black (DDG-119).

From the report

The 42 marine accidents included in Safer Seas Digest 2020 involved contact with fixed objects, sinkings, collisions, fires, explosions, floodings, groundings, and capsizings. The...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/25/ntsb-2020-digest-of-maritime-accident-investigations

2021 Defense of Japan Report

The following is the Japanese Ministry of Defense 2021 White Paper Defense of Japan released this week.

From the report

In the year 2020, not only did the entire world face unprecedented difficulties due to COVID-19, but various security challenges and destabilizing factors became more tangible and acute, and the international order based on universal values, which has underpinned the peace and prosperity of the international community, has been greatly tested.

Looking at the situation around...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/15/2021-defense-of-japan-report

Report to Congress on Japan-U.S. Relations

The following is the April 6, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress.

From the report

Japan is a significant partner of the United States in a number of foreign policy areas, including addressing regional security concerns, which range from hedging against Chinese military modernization to countering threats from North Korea. The U.S.-Japan military alliance, formed in 1952, grants the U.S. military the right to base U.S. troops—currently around...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/09/report-to-congress-on-japan-u-s-relations

Report to Congress on Japan-U.S. Relations

The following is the April 6, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress.

From the report

Japan is a significant partner of the United States in a number of foreign policy areas, including addressing regional security concerns, which range from hedging against Chinese military modernization to countering threats from North Korea. The U.S.-Japan military alliance, formed in 1952, grants the U.S. military the right to base U.S. troops—currently around...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/09/report-to-congress-on-japan-u-s-relations

Australia to Join U.S., India, Japan for Malabar 2020 in High-End Naval Exercise of ‘The Quad’

Ships from the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy sail in formation during Malabar 2018 on June 14, 2018. US Navy Photo

Australia will join the India-led Malabar 2020 naval exercise next month, operating along with the U.S. and Japan in an exercise meant to send a message to China.

The exercise will be a first for the so-called “Quad,” the Pacific cooperation between Japan, India, Australia and the U.S.

“As India seeks to increase cooperation with other...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/20/australia-to-join-u-s-india-japan-for-malabar-2020-in-high-end-naval-exercise-of-the-quad

NTSB: ‘Unexplained’ Course Change Was ‘A Critical Error’ in Fatal USS Fitzgerald Collision

Undated photo of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) pierside in Japan shortly after accident. US Navy Photo

Federal investigators highlighted an “unexplained course change” by a U.S. guided-missile destroyer as “a critical error” that put the warship on the path to the fatal 2017 collision that would kill seven sailors, according to a new report released Thursday.

Eight minutes before the collision with the merchant ship ACX Crystal in a busy shipping lane off the coast of Japan, USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) –...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/03/ntsb-unexplained-course-change-was-a-critical-error-in-fatal-uss-fitzgerald-collision

Panel: Japan’s Next Prime Minister Will Continue to Grow Self-Defense Force, Military Ties with U.S.

Shinzo Abe on April 7, 2020. Japanese Government Photo

Japan’s next prime minister is expected to follow Shinzo Abe’s path in tightening Tokyo’s military ties with the United States and expanding the nation’s definition of “self-defense” to counter China’s and North Korea’s threats, four Indo-Pacific security experts said Tuesday.

Michael Green, Japan chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said in an online forum “all [of the likely candidates to succeed Abe] are...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/02/panel-japans-next-prime-minister-will-continue-to-grow-self-defense-force-military-ties-with-u-s

Destroyer Conducts South China Sea FONOP Day After Chinese ‘Carrier Killer’ Missile Tests

USS Mustin (DDG-89) transits the Taiwan Strait on Aug. 18, 2020. US Navy Photo

A guided-missile destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea past the Paracel Island chain on Thursday, one day after China launched missile tests in the South China Sea, U.S. 7th Fleet announced on Thursday.

USS Mustin (DDG-89) operated past the islands that are claimed by China, Vietnam and Taiwan.

“This freedom of navigation upheld the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/27/destroyer-conducts-south-china-sea-fonop-day-after-chinese-carrier-killer-missile-tests

Destroyer USS Mustin Transits Taiwan Strait Following Operations with Japanese Warship

USS Mustin (DDG-89) transits the Taiwan Strait on Aug. 18, 2020. US Navy Photo

A U.S. guided-missile destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday following an exercise with Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces, U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement to USNI News.

USS Mustin (DDG-89), operating as part of the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, transited the strait as USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) operated in the South China Sea.

“Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89)...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/18/destroyer-uss-mustin-transits-taiwan-strait-following-operations-with-japanese-warship

USS Fitzgerald Returns to Sea After Repairs Caused by Fatal 2017 Collision

USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard on April 16, 2019. US Navy Photo

After more than two years of repairs, guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) left the Mississippi coast for sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Navy officials announced on Monday.

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer departed the pier at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., at about 7:30 a.m. on Monday. It’s the first time Fitzgerald has been underway on its own power...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/03/uss-fitzgerald-returns-to-sea-after-repairs-caused-by-fatal-2017-collision

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