Friendship Across the Seas : : The US Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

• Author: Agawa, Naoyuki.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (277 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Translatorś Note -- Contents -- About the Authors and Advisors -- Acronyms -- Chapter 1: James E. Auer and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force -- The Etajima Museum of Naval History -- The Tan-Tan Kai -- Ensign Auer -- Encounter with the JMSDF -- A Thread Connecting the Japanese and US Navies -- Chapter 2: Kazuomi Uchida, the Chief of Maritime Staff -- Encounter with Auer -- From an IJN Officer to a JMSDF Official -- Rejoining the Navy -- Uchidaś Experience in the US -- Chapter 3: Teiji Nakamura, the Chief of Maritime Staff -- Teiji and Teiichiro -- Teiji Nakamura, the CMS -- Teiji Nakamura as a Naval Officer -- Commanding Officer as a Lifelong Model -- An Old Admiralś Lecture -- Study in the United States -- Cooperation with the US Navy -- Chief Torpedo Officer Nakamura -- Chapter 4: Minesweepers Crossing the Sea -- A Letter from Admiral Burke -- The Postwar IJN Minesweeping Forces -- Dispatching Japanese Minesweepers -- Minesweepers Assembled at Shimonoseki -- MS14 Sunk by a Mine -- ``Well Done ́́-- The Legacy of the Japanese Minesweeping Force -- A Thread Connecting the IJN and the JMSDF -- Chapter 5: Arleigh Burke and the Founding of the JMSDF -- JS Akizuki -- Fighting the IJN -- Interaction with the Japanese -- Burke and the Founding of the JMSDF -- Death of the Old Sailor -- Chapter 6: Mr. Navy: Ichiro Masuoka -- Encounter with Ichiro Masuoka -- Masuoka and the Navy -- Naka Funada and the Japan-US Alliance -- Homeporting USS Midway in Yokosuka -- ``Mr. Navy Arriving ́́-- Masuokaś Death -- Chapter 7: The US Navyś War Generation -- Auer as a Political Advisor -- Dinner with Rear Admiral Julian Burke -- War Memory -- Burke as a Southerner -- Admiral Holloway, Auerś Benefactor -- Annapolis in the Snow -- The Formidable Imperial Japanese Navy -- Encounters with Japan -- Holloway, the Chief of Naval Operations.

Two Naval Academies -- Chapter 8: A Dogwood in Etajima, a Cherry Tree in Annapolis -- Auer Leaves His Ship -- Encounter with Armitage -- Auer as Director of Japanese Affairs -- The ``Nakamura Lines ́́-- ``Roles and Missions ́́Sharing -- Sea Lane Defense -- Participating in RIMPAC -- The Japanese Fleet in Pearl Harbor -- The Introduction of Aegis Ships -- A Dogwood in Etajima, a Cherry Tree in Annapolis -- Chapter 9: Minesweepers Crossing the Sea Again -- Auerś Proposal -- Paving the Way for Minesweeper Deployment -- ``Dispatch the Minesweepers ́́-- Sakumaś Concerns -- The Commander of the Minesweeping Force -- Departure -- Cooperation Among Navies -- The Dispatch Forceś Crew -- Operation Gulf Dawn -- Joint Minesweeping Operation with the US Navy -- Ties with the US Navy -- The Minesweepers Return Home -- Chapter 10: After the Gulf War -- Auer in Nashville -- The Japan-US Security Relationship in the 1990s -- The Admirals Today -- Japan-US Exchanges Among the Younger Generation -- Lowering the JMSDF Ensign -- Chapter 11: The Alliance and the Two Navies: 2001-2022 -- The JMSDF Today -- Japan-US Naval Relations in the Post-Cold War Period -- The Ehime Maru Incident -- The War on Terror and Japanś Response -- China, Democratic Party Leaders in Power, and the Great East Japan Earthquake -- Abeś Second Appearance and His New Security Policy -- After Ukraine -- Chapter 12: Naval Alliance for a Better Peace -- How JMSDF Officers and Sailors View the US Navy and the Alliance -- The Interviewees: Joining the Maritime Self-Defense Force -- Encounter with America and Beyond -- Drawn to America, Repelled by America -- Female Personnel Seek to Globalize the Workplace -- September 11 Terrorist Attacks -- Bonds Between Japanese and US Navy Experts -- Enhancing JSDF Interoperability with US Forces -- The Job of Liaison Officer -- JMSDF Official as Diplomat.

English Proficiency of the JMSDF -- Remembering the Past at the Naval War College -- Think, Communicate, Do! At the Naval War College -- The JMSDF as Seen by a US Navy Officer -- The Future of Japan-US Navy Relations -- Toward an Alliance Sharing Honor -- Differences in Culture, Ways of Thinking -- Yet Japanese and US Navies Remain Allies -- Aiming for Ever Better Japan-US Alliance and Navy Relations -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Japanese Works -- English Works -- Name Index -- Subject Index.