The China Crisis and the Japanese Coast Guard: Japanese Youth Seek to Join

Posted on | by Robbin Laird
10/05/2012
2012-10-05 In a recent article in The Asahi Shimbun, the growing interest in joining the Japanese Coast Guard is the focus of attention. [caption id="attachment_45930" align="alignnone" width="300"] Graphic Credit The Asahi Shimbun[/caption] Being an officer in the Japan Coast Guard is now seen as a really cool job, as shown by…

The Japanese Coast Guard: Japan’s “hidden navy?”

Posted on | by SysAdmin | Leave a Comment on The Japanese Coast Guard: Japan’s “hidden navy?”
09/08/2011
By Tetsuo Kotani, Special Research Fellow, the Okazaki Institute, Tokyo Strategic Insights, No. 31, March 2011 09/08/2011 - Surrounded by the sea on all sides, Japan enjoys the benefits of the waters around it in the form of fishery and maritime trade with countries around the world. However, these waters…