The leader of Japan's powerful navy, the Maritime Self-Defense Force, announced his resignation Friday after multiple members of his force were punished for professional failings.
Adm. Ryo Sakai, Japan’s navy chief of staff, speaks during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday, April 21, 2024. ** FILE **SEOUL, South Korea – The leader of Japan’s powerful navy, the Maritime Self-Defense Force, announced his resignation Friday after multiple members of his force were punished for professional failings.
The 5,000-ton warship, which was shadowing Chinese fleet units engaged in drills, maneuvered closer than 12 nautical miles to China’s Zhejiang coastal province and cruised in the area for 20 minutes before departing, Kyodo News Per Google maps, Zhejiang lies northwest of Taiwan and is the closest Chinese province to a disputed set of uninhabited Islands in the East China Sea. The flashpoint Senkakus are administered by Japan, but claimed by China, which calls them the Diaoyu.
In its report Friday on punishments meted out to service personnel, the Japan Times wrote, “Crew members on several MSDF destroyers allegedly shared sensitive classified information by tasking unqualified colleagues with recording vessel movements.”The latest revelations follow an April disaster in which two JMSDF helicopters crashed, leading to the deaths of eight personnel.At a time when the U.S.
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