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

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