Japan-Canada Defense Ministerial Meeting
On September 13, 2024, from 2:10 p.m. for approximately 50 minutes, Defense Minister Kihara held a Defense Ministers’ Meeting with the Canadian Minister of National Defense, who was visiting Japan.…
Japan-Canada Defense Ministerial Meeting
On June 2, 2024, Minister of Defense Kihara, who was visiting Singapore to attend the 21st IISS Asia Security Forum (Shangri-La Dialogue), held a Japan-Canada Defense Ministerial Meeting with Canadian…
29th RIMPAC Exercise Announced
Approximately 29 nations, 40 surface ships, 3 submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)…
Japan Announces Canadian DPRK Patrol Deployment
Canada’s monitoring and surveillance activities against illicit maritime activities, including ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean-flagged vessels From early May to early June, Canada will conduct its 11th aerial surveillance activity…
RCN Invited to Allied Surface Warfare Summit in Yokosuka
Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 hosted their Annual Surface Warfare Summit in Yokosuka, Japan from April 15th to 19th in Yokosuka, Japan. The Surface Warfare Summit is a five-day event…
Joint Statement on DPRK-Russia Ballistic Missile Transfers
The following is a statement from the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia,…
Japan Commends Canadian Participation on North Korea Monitoring
In early September, Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS VANCOUVER began and has completed monitoring and surveillance activities against illicit maritime activities, including ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean-flagged vessels prohibited by…
Exercise Noble Chinook Held in Northwestern Pacific
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard forces joined with allies from the Royal Canadian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for exercise Noble Chinook in the Northwestern Pacific on Aug.…