Royal Solomon Islands Police Force EOD officers on UXO training

Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit are undergoing a two-week training facilitated by Japan’s Ammunition College, Self-Defence Force and the Ministry of Defence. The training is to boost the EOD unit’s capabilities including Read More …

Japan to join multinational project to clear mines in Ukraine

Japan plans to join a multinational project to clear land mines in Ukraine, a government source said Tuesday, as the country continues to resist Russia’s invasion. Under the project being planned by the U.S.-led “Ukrainian Defense Contact Group,” Japan’s Self-Defense Read More …

Japan: Unexploded wartime bomb defused; JR West resumes services

Ground Self-Defense Force bomb disposal unit defused and removed a 1-ton live explosive from the wartime era that forced West Japan Railway Co. to suspend operations on two lines in Osaka Prefecture for three hours on July 24. The company Read More …