Japan's Defense Ministry said on May 29 it will dispatch four JSDF personnel to
a NATO command in Germany that coordinates training and equipment support for
Ukraine. The team — two from the Ground Self-Defense Force, one each from the
Maritime and Air Self-Defense Forces — will begin duties on June 1 and be posted
for one year at a US base in Wiesbaden. The personnel will focus on planning and
coordination of Ukraine assistance, not combat operations. Japan's defense
minister Koizumi said the deployment aims to study new operational methods from
the Russia-Ukraine battlefield to bolster Japan's defense posture.
