The Japanese Ground Self Defense Force has the unusual challenge of defending an archipelago of 6,852 islands that stretches over two thousand miles. Deploying powerful Type 90 and Type 11 Main Battle ...

Join us as we delve into the intense and lesser-known battle of Peleliu, where Japanese tanks played a pivotal role in the ...

This Japanese tank can be seen as a medium tank, rather than a true main battle tank. It was designed with asymmetric warfare in mind. It lacks thick armor, which is present on modern main battle ...

For all their firepower, defensive utility, and all-around menacing power on the battlefield, tanks have some debilitating weaknesses. For one thing, the maintenance and supplies required by a large ...

The JSDF was uncommonly forward-thinking when it appreciated that a traditionally high-value asset—its main battle tanks—were expensive to maintain yet unlikely to be useable in many plausible ...

In the early 1900s, Japan gradually began modernizing its Imperial Army to keep up with the wartime advancements of other world powers like the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. One of the major ...

Japan built a large and capable armored force to counter the Soviets during the Cold War. But a rising China poses a new challenge, and Japan is changing how it designs and uses its armor. See more ...