JAPAN COAST GUARD’S EVOLVING ROLE: UNIQUE COAST GUARD MISSION AND HOW IT FITS WITH THE EVOLVING JMSDF MISSION
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Authors
Paddock, Benjamin D.
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Japan Coast Guard
JCG
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces
JMSDF
INDO-PACIFIC
East China Sea
JCG
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces
JMSDF
INDO-PACIFIC
East China Sea
Advisors
Weiner, Robert J.
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2024-03
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Japan is a strong U.S. ally in the INDO-PACIFIC theater, and its contribution to security is critical to the safety of this region. This thesis analyzes the dynamics of the Japan Coast Guard’s role in Japan’s maritime security amid rising tensions in the East China Sea and a generally challenging security environment. It reviews the changes in Japan’s approach to maritime security from the close of World War II to the present. The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has often been considered “supersized” due to constitutional restrictions on its naval counterpart, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF), but as these restrictions are gradually lessened, the JMSDF’s resulting growth could come at the JCG’s expense, contrary to the JCG growth one might otherwise expect. This thesis finds, though, that the JCG’s roles have expanded alongside and in coordination with those of the JMSDF. This, plus additional comparison with peer coast guards, also suggests that the JCG might not have been as “supersized” as originally thought in the first place.
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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