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Since Mass Effect was first announced, skepticism about Bioware's claims that choices made in its space opera would carry over its trilogy have given way to mounting pressure to make them a reality. Mass Effect proper introduced a dense universe of characters and races with real history and threw them into peril against an ancient race of synthetic life forms called Reapers who threatened to eradicate all life. But it also introduced us to Commander Shepard, the hero that took up arms to protect the galaxy. Mass Effect 2 was an incredible story of bravery set against impossible odds as Shepard once again fought against forces no one believed in.
Now Shepard is grounded on Earth, all warnings of the Reaper threat still falling on deaf ears until communication with the Alliance's moon base goes down and the battle-ship sized creatures start assaulting the planet. When the Normandy makes it back to space, you realize that this last part of Shepard's story is all about uniting, about every species putting aside their pasts and coming together to save all life across the galaxy.
While each mission has a singularly defined overall flow, most have built-in ties to your decisions from the previous games that make this truly feel like your Shepard's personal story- you won't meet characters if they're dead, won't make allies with ones you've turned into enemies. If nothing else, that's testament to the work that Bioware put into this title- dozens of key scenes have multiple variations in the storytelling that each require writing and voice acting depending on your unique situation. Don't expect that those decisions will create entire branching differences in the story- they affect the chances of forming the alliances you need to face the Reapers, of building up your Effective Military Strength. This is where the Mass Effect series has been progressing towards; it will end at a specific decision no matter what you do. Your choices affect how you get there.
To that end, all missions are fundamentally about collecting war assets to throw at the Reapers. Structurally, that goal is important to where the series has absolutely been developing and is appropriate to the plot and context, but is represented in a way that feels a little too overt. Your total forces are represented numerically as your Effective Military Strength, a bar that fills up informing the likelihood of success going into the last mission with a line flat out indicating the minimum number required to go into it. It's perhaps not the ideal way of indicating your resources but not communicating it might have been worse.
The missions start to fall apart in the side quests, most of which are picked up by eavesdropping on NPC conversations until they're added to your log. Planet scanning from Mass Effect 2 has been altered to scanning areas on the star map to find anomalies. Doing so increases Reaper awareness and after several attempts Reapers invade the system and you're forced to evade them by leaving the system. The mechanic ends up being annoying rather than exciting because you'll find yourself running in and out of dozens of systems to avoid Game Over screens that end up feeling empty since the game autosaves every time you enter. As was the case in both other titles, this means of exploration is the worst part of the game.
While mechanically solid, the series signature biotic and tech powers that cripple individual enemies and manage groups set it apart from every other third person shooter and slight but crucial improvements here make combat much more engaging. A new roll move gives Shepard more options to dodge attacks but also enables the character to easily move into and out of cover while new controls to transition between cover keeps firefights from being claustrophobic. Customizable armor and weapon mods allow you to tailor your configurations and strengths to your preferences, adding weapon encumbrance where loadouts weight affects the recharge time on powers finally allows the player to build Shepard into the warrior they want. The game just performs better as a shooter than ever before and smart new additions to the suite of powers available to each class allows all to play differently while still being viable on the higher difficulties. And over the course of Mass Effect 3, you will be using your guns and powers to complete quite a few missions.
The improved combat has given Bioware license to design levels that are more action focused than these games have seen before, but that's not always for the best. While the vast majority of missions consist of unique environments, too many boil down to wave-based shooting segments in different contexts. Fortunately, the maps are more complex featuring structures and verticality that allow you to tackle enemies strategically. Turret sequences add nice variety to the pacing without feeling out of place with the action.
The layout of these maps has been greatly refined to accommodate the newly constructed multiplayer component. By logging into the Galaxy at War, players are thrown into co-op missions with up to three other players against waves of Cerberus, Geth or Reaper across nine different maps. Players can level up individual characters with their own distinct powers in each of the six classes. Experience is awarded based on performance while credits are allocated based on completing the objectives presented at every third wave. Credits are spent on increasingly more expensive packs that feature random equipment such as single use items including medi-gel, rockets and weapon mods and new or improved weapons that can be permanently assigned to any class or new races with its own powers within specific ones. Once a class has reached level twenty, it can be promoted and permanently added to your single player's Effective Military Strength, a decision that resets class to level one. The mode is fun in its own, but doesn't have much lasting appeal and doesn't need to be played to get the game's best ending.
But no matter which ending you get, Mass Effect 3 is about resolving a journey- your journey. You will have developed relationships, made choices that have impacted what happens here, even if they end in catastrophe. Mass Effect is about uniting the world, about bringing people together. In each of the stories, characters have grown because of the person you are, have become stronger, more understanding for knowing you. And, ultimately, you have grown because of them. This saga has been beautiful, daring and ambitious in its scope, and with this final chapter, Mass Effect will go down as this generations defining series and a benchmark for the future.
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How Will We See God Face-to-Face?
Hans Boersma
Calvin's understanding of the beatific vision uncovers fascinating insights into his christology and more.
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Seeing God
By Hans Boersma
Calvin's eschatology is strictly theocentric. He looked forward to the beatific vision as the final end of human life and was convinced that human happiness consists in being united to God. One may well ask why the reformer mostly restricted his reflections on the beatific vision to his biblical commentaries, only dealing with the topic when the biblical text demanded it from him. Calvin's own appeal to sobrietas seems to me insufficient justification for such a limitation on discussing the beatific vision. Sobriety and epistemic humility ought to mark all dogmatic reflection, not just reflection on the beatific vision. There is no reason sobriety and extended theological discussion cannot go hand in hand. If, as Calvin was convinced, the beatific vision is the final human telos, then certainly it ought to take pride of place in a dogmatic exposition of the Christian faith. I do not, therefore, mean to excuse the relative absence of the beatific vision from the Institutes. Nonetheless, by myopically focusing on this problem, we may lose sight of important aspects of Calvin's eschatology, which only come to light when we carefully investigate also his biblical commentaries. They bring to the fore his firm conviction that the beatific vision constitutes our ultimate end, and a complete picture of Calvin's eschatology must do justice to his deeply held beliefs on this matter.
This is all the more important since Calvin's exegetical comments about the beatific vision display remarkable theological acumen. Though he does not usually mention the work of previous theologians on the beatific vision, he clearly works within the parameters of the broader theological tradition, which is particularly evident with regard to his views on the object of the beatific vision. His opinion that we will see the majesty (or essence) of God is in line with the broad consensus of Western medieval Christianity. At the same time, Calvin's cautious vocabulary (especially with regard to the term essential) means that he did not simply parrot past articulations of the doctrine. Furthermore, the way he navigates questions surrounding the presence of God in and through "signs" and "veils" indicates his keen awareness that the telos of the future vision is in some manner already present in salvation history. Put differently, Calvin's doctrine of the beatific vision was in line with the earlier sacramental understanding of it. For Calvin, God manifests himself throughout history, and we anticipate the beatific vision whenever and wherever we discern his presence today.
Calvin's use of the terms "face-to-face" (facie ad faciem) and "openly" (palam) is particularly fascinating. For Calvin, face-to-face vision of God was not simply a synonym for beatific vision. Instead, he understood face-to-face vision of God as an expression of familiar intimacy between God and human beings, something that allows for degrees of intensity. Thus, Calvin's use of the language of facie ad faciem and of palam highlights salvation history and divine pedagogy. Apart from Irenaeus in the second century, no theologian has tied the vision of God so closely to a divine pedagogical program as Calvin. In some ways, this caused him to depart from the earlier tradition. Divine pedagogy not only meant a stronger emphasis on salvation history than was common in the patristic era and the medieval tradition, but it also led to a different exegesis of certain biblical narratives. Since he rigorously stuck to his conviction that, as part of his teaching program, God gradually lifted the veil over time, Calvin could no longer accept the notion—nearly unanimously agreed upon in the earlier Western tradition—that Moses saw the essence of God. Calvin was convinced that Moses's "face-to-face" vision wasn't anything like the "face-to-face" vision under the new covenant as Saint Paul describes it in 2 Corinthians 3 and 4, and Calvin treated the latter, in turn, as far inferior to the "face-to-face" vision of God in the eschaton.
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Calvin's independent mind also shows in his willingness to move away from settled opinion so as to retrieve earlier viewpoints that he considered more acceptable. One such instance is his treatment of the intermediate state. Although he did not discuss the topic in detail in his later theological writings, he appears to have remained true to his early conviction, expressed in the Psychopannychia, that the vision of God in the intermediate state is inferior to that of the saints after the resurrection. The teaching of Thomas Aquinas and of Pope Benedict XII's 1336 Benedictus Deus had cemented the theological position that immediately after death, the souls of the saints have an immediate, intuitive view of the divine essence. Calvin, however, charted a different path, appealing to earlier theologians, including Bernard of Clairvaux. By claiming that even after death the vision of God is subject to gradation, Calvin returned at least partially to earlier patristic (and Eastern) views, which had emphasized that after death the soul continues to desire a clearer vision of God.
Similarly, Calvin's insistence that the Old Testament theophanies were manifestations of the eternal Son of God, and as such prefigured the incarnation, represented a notable retrieval of a much earlier tradition. Ever since Augustine's De Trinitate, this viewpoint had been rejected for fear of subordinationism. Though Calvin was by no means subordinationist in his Christology, he was convinced that when God stoops down into history, he always does so in Christ. This return to a pre-Nicene reading of the theophanies seems to me an important moment in the history of exegesis. Calvin's view that all revelation of God in history is christological not only injected an important anti-Marcionite element in his reading of Scripture, but it also served to underscore the sacramental presence of Christ in the Old Testament. Calvin, we could say, acknowledged the sacramental presence of Christ as hidden within the Old Testament Scriptures—an important antidote to any separation between nature and the supernatural, since it tells us that historical realities can only properly be understood in the light of Christ.
To be sure, Calvin did not extend his christological treatment as far as he might have. In particular, he adopted the medieval consensus that the eschatological promise of seeing God face-to-face, as he is (cf. 1 Cor. 13:12; 1 John 3:2), entails a vision of the divine majesty in se. For Calvin, this implied that all mediation will come to an end and that in the eschaton we will no longer see God in Christ. Fortunately, as we will see in subsequent chapters, Puritan theologians such as Isaac Ambrose, Thomas Watson and John Owen did not follow Calvin in this, and also Jonathan Edwards had a more consistently christological approach to the beatific vision. It is hard to escape the conclusion that for Calvin, the humanity of Christ fails to have a meaningful role in the eschaton. By separating the vision of the divine essence from the vision of Christ's humanity, Calvin ended up with a challenging dilemma, namely, how to maintain the creator-creature distinction in the light of our ability to see the divine essence itself. It seems to me that a rejection of (christological) accommodation in the eschaton makes it difficult to articulate this distinction convincingly. Even on this score, however, we should recall that Calvin maintained remarkable sobrietas, not in the least in terms of the vocabulary that he employed to describe our final telos. Though he was convinced that we will see the essence of God and that we will be deified in the process, Calvin's language always demonstrated deep respect for the transcendence of God.
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Sarvar Adventure Park is known locally as Sárvári Kalandpark. Sarvar is the ideal family destination in and out of the water. The spa complex is family-friendly with additional water slides and pools to keep children entertained for hours. Meanwhile, parents can unwind and absorb the medicinal powers of the water. At the same time, the Adventure Park, which is located nearby the Spa complex and Park Inn by Radisson Sarvar Resort & Spa, offers plenty of outdoor activities.
Take to the tree tops on the extensive high rope course which has over 120 stations. The course is suitable for all levels ranging from easy to advanced. Young children are not left out either as there is even a course for children aged 3-6 years old, so they can test their head for heights, perhaps for the first time. This is fun for all the family as the course is suitable for adults as well. The tree top obstacle course comes in all shapes and sizes. Negotiate logs and boards whilst attached to the safety of a wire cable from your harness, glide at speed across the parks lakes and test your teamwork skills.
In addition to the tree top trail, why not try the 10 metre climbing wall? Or test your climbing skills in a more unusual way with a bit of tree climbing? Back on terra firma stroll along the stunning lake side nature trail or visit the herb garden. You can also try your hand at target practice with some archery or shooting. Children can pan for gold or run around in the playground.
Sarvar Adventure Park is ideal for family entertainment. If you prefer a more relaxed outdoor activity, the visit the Arboretum and learn about the many species of trees, shrubs and flowers that grow there, or simply enjoy a walk around the landscaped gardens. No matter what activities you choose Sarvar has plenty to offer its visitors.
The Park Inn by Radisson Sarvar Resort & Spa offers an array of family services making it the ideal accommodation for a family break.


I follow the lovely blog Beauty, Baby and Me and have read about her doing the 30 day blogging challenge. So I thought I would take up said challenge!
So seeing as it's the first of the month, why not start today?
I have to draw my eyebrows on. They all fell out when I was pregnant and have yet to return. Sigh.
I'm 5″8 but have size 5 feet. I fall over a lot.
When I was a kid I got my picture in the front of the local newspaper. On stilts. Next to the lollipop lady. Right then!
I don't really like music. It's ok, but I don't put it on unless I'm doing the housework. I'm still stuck in the 90's when it comes to music knowledge of any sort.
I would like to get another degree some day. 2 just ain't enough!
I don't have any fillings yet. Partly due to my dentist aversion I'm sure.
I'm scared witless by clowns.
I'm pathologically lazy. If I can get out of doing something I will. I'm only writing this so I don't have to pack yet.
I wear glasses, but only need them for one eye. I should get a monocle!
I'm learning to drive and have been having lessons for three years because I'm scared shitless by roundabouts.
I was brought up in the countryside but I'm a city girl now. The only thing I miss is the sea.
My hair grows really fast. Like, ridiculously fast. I just wish that applied to my eyebrows.
I've been around the world, and visited more than 30 countries.
It's taken me about an hour to write this list because I have terrible writers block – I'm really hoping this challenge will kick start my writing. I'm pretty sure I can write ok, but getting ideas is the hard part!


M Metal's goal to ensure excellence is inherent in every component of the manufacturing processes.
M Metal's aims are to produce products and provide services exceed customer expectations.
The QA program adopts the PDCA model developed by Dr W Edwards Deming.
Monitor and evaluate the implemented process by testing the results against the predetermined objectives.
Apply actions necessary for improvement if the results require changes.
To achieve Quality Excellence, M Metal recognised that a sound and robust Preventive Maintenance Scheme should be in place. The objective of the scheme is to prevent any major breakdown of the machineries, thus allowing high level delivery performance to customers.


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Psyched! Won Tickets to Psych Premiere in NYC
Okay, so why would a 63-year-old woman whose pursuits are mostly intellectual be so psyched about winning tickets to the premiere of a television series?
The short answer is I LOVE Psych.
I have watched every episode of the first five seasons at least twice and pre-ordered Season 6 before the season has aired. What makes Psych so special?
As a writer, I have to confess to loving the….wait for iiiiit…writing. That's right. The team that cooks up the episodes for Psych must have a ball putting the scripts together. Dialogue is hard to do; comedy is hard to do. A comedy wrapped around murder and mayhem — impossible. But somehow the writers pull it off, week after week.
I also have to call out the cast. James Roday and Dule Hill make it look easy to be funny, fast and friends. I love Corbin Berenson as Sean's dad – the man who made the hyper aware monster named Sean Spencer and has to live with him, his "psychic" abilities and his odd sense of humor.
Timothy Omundson's Lassiter is the quintessential uptight, by the book, cop who keeps getting his hard-held beliefs tested. And Juliet O'Hara, played by Maggie Lawson, is a good girl, good cop who packs a punch you wouldn't believe. (Watch Season 5 – Viagra Falls to see what I mean.) Last but not least, there is the Chief – Kristen Nelson – who brings just the right touch of boss/parent to her role in the squad room cum asylum she runs.
If you asked what my favorite episode is, I would be hard pressed to tell you. Homicidio is hilarious – a take off on Spanish soap operas as only Psych could do it. Guest star Tim Curry brings just the right amount of disdain to American Duos and Lassie's interaction with co-star Gina Gershon is classic love-hate. The cast sends up fashion models in Black & Tan in a way that makes me laugh out loud. And who could stop laughing at Dual Spires alias Twin Peaks!
But laughter isn't all this amazing cast and crew bring to the show. Three episodes reveal the complexity of both the plots Psych offers and the actors hired to bring the scripts to life. An Evening with Mr. Yang, Mr. Yin Presents and Yin 3 in 2D showcase the writing and the acting. Even though these episodes spanned three seasons, each had me glued to my chair, watching, waiting for the next twist or turn.
Psych is a departure from most of my usual fare. When I say I'm watching mysteries, it usually means Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders, A Touch of Frost or Rosemary and Thyme. All of these shows are British productions; all are intelligent, very well-acted and, for the most part, very serious.
Serious is not a word I would apply to Psych but I think I love the series because of the way it deals with difficult topics but always, always brings it back to the relationships of the cast members, how they live, work, fight and "find the bad guys" together, despite their differences. Oh, and the fact that they make me laugh, every time.
So this over the hill baby boomer is dusting off her sneaks, pulling on her Psych t-shirt and heading for the metropolis! Psyched!!
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5 responses to "Psyched! Won Tickets to Psych Premiere in NYC"
Bah! just enjoy the episodes
I am ready for some good luck! And I'm brushing up on all the episodes in case there's a quiz.
got that right! Seriously, I am more than happy you are visited by such a blue bird! Enjoy it immensely!!!!
Totally. I have never come to any understanding of why this show makes me happy but it does so I am just riding the wave! About time, right?
Hmmmm… so… you 'love' Psych, eh? Does that make you psycho? 😉


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Company Law in Ireland requires that directors of companies incorporated in Ireland prepare financial statements for the company in respect of each financial year which give a "true and fair view". Such financial statements are either:
'Companies Act financial statements', prepared in accordance with the accounting and disclosure requirements of company law and, principally but not exclusively*, with the Financial Reporting Standards (FRSs) published by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in the UK ('Irish and UK GAAP'); or
'IFRS financial statements', prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), as adopted by the European Union.
By virtue of the IAS Regulation (Regulation (EC) No.1606/2002), the consolidated financial statements of companies with debt or equity securities listed on a regulated EU market, e.g. the main market of the Irish Stock Exchange, are required to be prepared in accordance with EU adopted IFRS. For other financial statements, sections 290 and 293 of the Companies Act 2014 permit a choice, subject to certain exceptions, as to whether to prepare 'Companies Act financial statements' or 'IFRS financial statements'.
*Certain entities are permitted under Irish company law to prepare their Companies Act financial statements under a financial reporting framework based on accounting standards other than those issued by the FRC. Specifically, and subject to certain conditions:
Pursuant to section 279 of the Companies Act 2014, relevant holding companies are permitted to prepare 'Companies Act entity financial statements' and/or 'Companies Act group financial statements' in accordance with US GAAP, as modified to ensure consistency with Irish company law.
Investment companies subject to Part 24 of the Companies Act 2014 or the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2011 may adopt an alternative body of accounting standards, being standards which apply in the United States of America, Canada or Japan in preparing 'Companies Act entity or group financial statements' or 'Companies Act entity financial statements' respectively.
'Companies Act financial statements'
The principle company law financial reporting requirements are set out in Part 6 of the Companies Act 2014 and the following schedules to the Companies Act 2014:
Schedule 3 ('Accounting Principles, Form and Content of Entity Financial Statements');
Schedule 3A ('Accounting Principles, Form and Content of Entity Financial Statements of a company qualifying for the small companies regime');
Schedule 3B ('Accounting Principles, Form and Content of Financial Statements of a company qualifying for the micro companies regime');
Schedule 4 ('Accounting Principles, Form and Content of Group Financial Statements'); and
Schedule 4A ('Accounting Principles, Form and Content of Group Financial Statements for companies subject to the small companies regime').
Note that the Schedules mentioned above do not apply to credit institutions and insurance undertakings. The relevant Regulations for those types of company are contained in:
European Union (Credit Institutions: Financial Statements) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 266 of 2015);
European Union (Insurance Undertakings: Financial Statements) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 262 of 2015), as amended by the European Union (Insurance Undertakings: Financial Statements) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 213 of 2016).
'IFRS financial statements'
Companies required to, or opting to, prepare 'IFRS financial statements ' are not subject to the accounting requirements of Schedules 3, 3A, 3B, 4 and 4A of the Companies Act 2014, S.I. No. 262 of 2015 (as amended) or S.I. No. 266 of 2015 on the preparation of financial statements. They are, however, subject to certain additional disclosure requirements in accordance with sections 292 and 295 of the Companies Act 2014.
The Companies (Accounting) Act 2017
Primarily, the Companies (Accounting) Act 2017 (CA 2017) amends the Companies Act 2014 (CA 2014) to transpose the requirements of the 2013 EU Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU), although it also introduces certain other changes to Irish company law.
The 2013 Accounting Directive was completed in 2013 during the Irish Presidency of the EU. It replaced the 4th Directive (Directive 78/660/EEC) and the 7th Directive (Directive 83/349/EEC), which governed the preparation, by companies incorporated in the EU, of individual company financial statements and group financial statements respectively (other than those prepared by credit institutions and insurance undertakings).
As a recast of the 4th and 7th Directives, many of the provisions of those directives have been carried forward into the 2013 Accounting Directive. There are, however, some very significant changes, including: 'Small company maximum harmonisation' (a restriction on the disclosures that a Member State can require small companies to provide in their financial statements), a Member State option to raise the small company thresholds, and the option to apply exemptions for micro-undertakings.
CA 2017 introduces a number of amendments to CA 2014. It simplifies the company law financial reporting requirements for small and micro companies (establishing the Small Companies Regime and Micro Companies Regime respectively), while also making a series of amendments to the company law accounting and disclosure requirements for other companies not adopting either regime.
It introduces a new requirement on certain large companies, large groups and public-interest companies involved in the mining, extractive or logging industries, to prepare and file an annual report on payments made to governments.
The law on filing requirements has also been amended - for example, by introducing new filing requirements for certain unlimited companies and investment companies.
Mark Kenny, Director of Representation and Technical Policy at the Institute has written two articles on CA 2017 (one while it was still a Bill) and these are available at the following links:
The Accounting Bill has landed – October 2016 issue of Accountancy Ireland
Companies (Accounting) Act 2017 – August 2017 issue of Accountancy Ireland
The Institute has produced a Technical Release (TR) 04/2018 'Companies Act 2014: Small and micro companies' This TR is intended as a signpost to assist with the preparation of statutory financial statements of small and micro companies and it is available at the following link:
https://www.charteredaccountants.ie/Member/Technical/new-technical-release-companies-act-2014-small-and-micro-companies


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, abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) after World War II. The JMSDF has a fleet of 154 ships, 346 aircraft and 50,800 personnel.

History

Origin

Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy was dissolved by the Potsdam Declaration acceptance. Ships were disarmed, and some of them, such as the battleship , were taken by the Allied Powers as reparation. The remaining ships were used for repatriation of the Japanese soldiers from abroad and also for minesweeping in the area around Japan, initially under the control of the Second Bureau of the Demobilization Ministry. The minesweeping fleet was eventually transferred to the newly formed Maritime Safety Agency, which helped maintain the resources and expertise of the navy.

Japan's 1947 Constitution was drawn up after the conclusion of the war, Article 9 specifying that "The Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes." The prevalent view in Japan is that this article allows for military forces to be kept for the purposes of self-defense. Due to Cold War pressures, the United States was also happy for Japan to provide part of its own defense, rather than have it fully rely on American forces.

In 1952, the Safety Security Force was formed within the Maritime Safety Agency, incorporating the minesweeping fleet and other military vessels, mainly destroyers, given by the United States. In 1954, the SSF was separated, and the JMSDF was formally created as the naval branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), following the passage of the 1954 Self-Defense Forces Law.

The first ships in the JMSDF were former U.S. Navy destroyers, transferred to Japanese control in 1954. In 1956, the JMSDF received its first domestically produced destroyer since World War II, Harukaze. Due to the Cold War threat posed by the Soviet Navy's sizable and powerful submarine fleet, the JMSDF was primarily tasked with an anti-submarine role.

Post-Cold War
Following the end of the Cold War, the role of the JMSDF has vastly changed. In 1991, after much international pressure, the JMSDF dispatched four minesweepers, a fleet oiler (JDS Tokiwa) and a minesweeping tender (JDS Hayase) to the Persian Gulf in the aftermath of the Gulf War, under the name of Operation Gulf Dawn, to clear mines sown by Saddam Hussein's defending forces. Starting with a mission to Cambodia in 1993 when JSDF personnel were supported by JDS Towada, it has been active in a number of UN-led peacekeeping operations throughout Asia.

In 1993, it commissioned its first Aegis-equipped destroyer, . It has also been active in joint naval exercises with other countries, such as the United States. The JMSDF has dispatched a number of its destroyers on a rotating schedule to the Indian Ocean in an escort role for allied vessels as part of the UN-led Operation Enduring Freedom.

21st century

The JMSDF, along with the Japan Coast Guard, has also been active in preventing North Korean infiltrators from reaching Japan and on 22 December 2001, engaged and sank a North Korean spy ship in the Battle of Amami-Ōshima.

In 2002, the JMSDF deployed ships to the Arabian Sea in support of Operation Anaconda during the War in Afghanistan.

In August 2003, a new "helicopter carrier" class was ordered, the . Due to the size and features of the ship, including a full-length flight deck, it was classified as a helicopter carrier by Lloyd's Register — similar to the United Kingdom's . There was discussion about whether an aircraft carrier would be prohibited by Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, since aircraft carriers are generally considered offensive weapons. In April 1988, the former chief of the Defense Agency, Tsutomu Kawara, said, "The Self-Defense Forces are not allowed to possess ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), strategic bombers, or attack aircraft carriers."

Historically (until about 1975 in the U.S. Navy) large-scale carriers were classified as "attack aircraft carriers" and the smaller carriers as "anti-submarine aircraft carriers". Since helicopter carriers have little built-in attack capability and they primarily fulfill defensive roles such as anti-submarine warfare, the Japanese government argues that the prohibition does not extend to helicopter carriers.

With an increase in tensions with North Korea following the 1993 test of the Nodong-1 missile and the 1998 test of the Taepodong-1 missile over northern Japan, the JMSDF has stepped up its role in air defense. A ship-based anti-ballistic missile system was successfully test-fired on 18 December 2007 and has been installed on Japan's Aegis-equipped destroyers.

In November 2009, the JMSDF announced plans for a larger "helicopter carrier", the . The first one of these ships was laid down in 2012 and was launched on 6 August 2013.

The submarine fleet of the JMSDF consists of some of the most technologically advanced diesel-electric submarines in the world. This is due to careful defense planning in which the submarines are routinely retired from service ahead of schedule and replaced by more advanced models. In 2010 it was announced that the Japanese submarine fleet would be increased in size for the first time in 36 years.

After a meeting between the Japanese Foreign Minister and U.S. Ambassador to Japan on 4 March 2014, the Japanese Defense Ministry and U.S. Department of Defense announced they would hold studies for the joint development of the littoral vessel under the bilateral Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement. The vessel is planned to be a high-speed trimaran designed for operations in shallow coastal waters capable of carrying helicopters, possibly a lighter variant of the American  littoral combat ship.

The study is in response to the growth of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy and budgetary issues with the U.S. military that may affect their ability to operate in the Pacific. The J-LCS would be used to intervene during Chinese ship incursions near the Senkaku Islands and other contested areas in the East China Sea, and possibly counter similar Chinese vessels like the Type 056 corvette and Type 022 missile boat. A  J-LCS with an enlarged hull could operate the SH-60K anti-submarine helicopter or the MCH-101 airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) helicopter.

On May 1, 2017,  was dispatched to protect a U.S. Navy supply vessel in the Pacific. This was the first time the JMSDF has been used to defend allied vessels since the 2016 amendment to the Japanese Constitution.

Japan christened the  long,  JS Ōryū submarine on October 4, 2018. It is Japan's first submarine powered by lithium-ion batteries and was developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will utilize it by March 2020.

Japan and the United States conducted the biggest military exercise around Japan thus far in the biennial Keen Sword from 29 October to 2 November 2018. It included a total of 57,000 sailors, marines and airmen. 47,000 service members were from the JSDF and 10,000 from the U.S. Armed Forces. A naval supply ship and a frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy also participated. There were simulations of air combat, ballistic missile defense and amphibious landings.

On 18 December 2018, Japan announced it will refit the Izumo-class destroyers to carry US-designed F-35B fighter jets. This makes them de facto aircraft carriers. To avoid controversy, the ruling parties call it a "multi-purpose operation destroyer". It would be the first such ship in the JMSDF since World War II.

On 23 May 2019, retired MSDF vice-admiral Toshiyuki Ito stated that Japan requires at least four Izumo-class destroyers to be viable for real naval combat operations. He said "If you only have two vessels, you can only use them for training personnel for taking off and landing operations, so this plan doesn't make sense for MSDF officers, frankly speaking." As aircraft carriers, the Izumo-class destroyers are relatively small. Each ship can only carry approximately 10 F-35Bs. That is too few aircraft for effective air defense of a naval fleet.

The Diet of Japan approved in 2019 the order of 42 STOVL Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft in addition to 135 F-35A model conventional takeoff and landing fighters for the Japanese Air Self Defense Force to operate from their land bases; the F-35B is same model aircraft that the US Marines operate from US Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, the US Marines also plan to fly from the Japanese Izumo class after the STOVL modifications and refit.

On October 14, 2020, the 3,000-ton submarine  was unveiled. This is the first vessel of the Taigei class and the 22nd submarine vessel of the JMSDF. It will enter service in March 2022.

On 30 June 2022, the Japan Ministry of Defense announced the construction of 12 offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) by Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) at a cost of ¥ 9 billion (US$66 million) per ship.  The purpose of this OPV program is to provide enhanced maritime security, particularly around the southwestern Ryukyu Islands, including the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, by boosting JMSDF patrol activities in the region. These vessels are highly automated and configurable to meet a wide range of missions involving "enhanced steady-state intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) in the waters around Japan". Under the contract, JMU is charged with delivering the 12 vessels to the JMSDF from fiscal year 2023, which starts on April 1, 2023.

On August 31, 2022, the Japan Ministry of Defense announced that JMSDF will operate two "Aegis system equipped ships" (イージス・システム搭載艦 in Japanese) to replace the earlier plan of Aegis Ashore installations, commissioning one by the end of fiscal year 2027, and the other by the end of FY2028. The budget for design and other related expenses are to be submitted in the form of "item requests", without specific amounts, and the initial procurement of the lead items are expected to clear legislation by FY2023. Construction is to begin in the following year of FY2024. At 20,000 tons each, both vessels will be the largest surface combatant warships operated by the JMSDF, and according to Popular Mechanics, they will "arguably [be] the largest deployable surface warships in the world".

On 16 November 2022, the guided-missile destroyer  fired an SM-3 Block IIA missile, successfully intercepting the target outside the atmosphere in the first launch of the missile from a Japanese warship. On 18 November 2022, the  likewise fired an SM-3 Block IB missile with a successful hit outside the atmosphere. Both test firings were conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai Island, Hawaii, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Missile Defense Agency. This was the first time the two ships conducted SM-3 firings in the same time period, and the tests validated the ballistic missile defense capabilities of Japan's newest s.

On 16 December 2022, the Japanese Cabinet approved a trio of defense-related policy documents, including its new National Security Strategy (NSS or 国家安全保障戦略), the strategic guideline document for the Japanese government's policies regarding diplomacy, defense, and economic security for the next decade. Based on the NSS, the National Defense Strategy (国家防衛戦略) outlined Japan's defense policy goals and the means to achieve them while the Defense Buildup Program (防衛力整備計画) outlined the scale of the introduction of specific defense equipment within the budgetary objectives. According to the Defense Buildup Program, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will increase the number of Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyers (DDG) from the current eight to ten, as well as two Aegis system-equipped vessels (ASEV) to be deployed in ballistic missile defense (BMD) operations. By the end of the decade, the JMSDF will operate 12 ships equipped with Aegis Weapon System (AWS) and likewise plans to replace its fleet of older, less capable destroyers and destroyer escorts with s.

Capabilities

The JMSDF has an official strength of 50,000 personnel, but presently numbers around 50,800 active personnel.

As a result of continuing effective defense investment due to Japan's economic development and an end to the Cold War, the JMSDF became the world's fourth largest navy by total tonnage by 2000. Japan has the eighth largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the world, and the JMSDF is responsible for protecting this large area. As an island nation, dependent on maritime trade for the majority of its resources, including food and raw materials, maritime operations are a very important aspect of Japanese defense policy.

The JMSDF is known in particular for its anti-submarine warfare and minesweeping capabilities. Defense planners believe the most effective approach to combating hostile submarines entails mobilizing all available weapons, including surface combatants, submarines, patrol planes, and helicopters. They are also known to operate at least fourteen listening stations all over the country that have ELINT and marine surveillance radar warning systems.

Historically, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has been relied on to provide air cover at sea, a role that is subordinate to the JASDF's primary mission of air defense of the home islands. Extended patrols over sea lanes are beyond the JASDF's current capabilities.

The Japanese fleet's capacity to provide ship-based antiaircraft warfare protection is limited by the absence of aircraft carriers, though its destroyers and frigates equipped with the Aegis combat system provide a formidable capability in antiaircraft and antimissile warfare. These capabilities are force multipliers, allowing force projection of Japan's sizable destroyer and frigate force far from home waters, and acquiring them is contentious considering Japan's "passive" defense policy.

Activities

International activities

Mission in the Indian Ocean

Destroyers and combat support ships of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force were dispatched to the Indian Ocean from 2001 to 2008 to participate in OEF-MIO (Operation Enduring Freedom-Maritime Interdiction Operation). Their mission is to prevent the marine transportation of illegal weapons and ammunition, and the drugs which fund terrorist activity. Since 2004, the JMSDF has provided ships of foreign forces with fuel for their ships and ship-based helicopters, as well as freshwater.

This was the third time Japanese military vessels had been dispatched overseas since World War II, following the deployments of mine-sweeping units during the Korean War and the Persian Gulf War. The law enabling the mission expired on 2 November 2007, and the operation was temporarily canceled due to a veto of a new bill authorizing the mission by the opposition-controlled upper chamber of the Japanese Diet.

In January 2010, the defense minister ordered the JMSDF to return from the Indian Ocean, fulfilling a government pledge to end the eight-year refueling mission. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama refused to renew the law authorizing the mission, ignoring requests from the American government for continuation. Both the Western alliance country typified by the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Danish Navy, doing friendship activities in the Indian Ocean.

Mission in Somalia

In May 2010, Japan announced its intention to build a permanent naval base in Djibouti, from which it will conduct operations to protect merchant shipping from Somali pirates.

Military exercises and exchanges

The JMSDF and the U.S. Navy frequently carry out joint exercises and "U.S. Navy officials have claimed that they have a closer daily relationship with the JMSDF than any other navy in the world". The JMSDF participates in RIMPAC, the annual multi-national military exercise near Hawaii that has been hosted by the U.S. Navy since 1980. The JMSDF dispatched a ship to the Russian Vladivostok harbor in July 1996 to participate in the Russian Navy's 300th Anniversary Naval Review. In return, Admiral Vinogradov, an , called at Tokyo Bay in June 1997. The JMSDF has also conducted joint naval exercises with the Indian Navy.

RIMPAC: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force participated in RIMPAC after 1980.
Pacific Shield (PSI): The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has participated in Pacific Shield after 2004; and in 2007, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force hosted the exercise.
Pacific Reach: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has participated in the bi-annual submarine rescue exercise since 2000. In 2002, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force hosted the exercise.
Navy to Navy Talks: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force holds regular naval conferences with its counterparts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense FTM: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has participated in the FTM after FTM-10. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force carried out JFTM-1 in December 2007.
 The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force participates in the United States Navy's Personnel Exchange Program (PEP) in which officers and enlisted personnel from each country serve fully integrated into the other country's navy for two years.
 Keen Sword is the biggest biennial military exercise around Japan. The participants are primarily Japan and the United States.

Equipment

Ships and submarines

The ship prefix JDS (Japanese Defense Ship) was used until 2008, at which time JMSDF ships started using the prefix JS (Japanese Ship) to reflect the upgrade of the Japanese Defense Agency to the Ministry of Defense. , the JMSDF operates a total of 124 ships (excluding minor auxiliary vessels), including: two multi-purpose operation destroyers (de facto aircraft carriers), two helicopter carriers (called helicopter destroyers), 26 destroyers, 10 small destroyers (or frigates), six destroyer escorts (or corvettes), 22 attack submarines, 29 mine countermeasure vessels, six patrol vessels, three landing ship tanks, eight training vessels and a fleet of various auxiliary ships. The fleet has a total displacement of approximately 624,000 tonnes (excluding auxiliary vessels).

Aircraft

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aviation maintains a large naval air force, including 201 fixed-wing aircraft and 145 helicopters. Most of these aircraft are used in anti-submarine warfare operations.

Aircraft

Organization, formations and structure

The JMSDF is commanded by the Chief of the Maritime Staff. Its structure consists of the Maritime Staff Office, the Self Defense Fleet, five regional district commands, the air-training squadron and various support units, such as hospitals and schools. The Maritime Staff Office, located in Tokyo, serves the Chief of Staff in commanding and supervising the force.

The Self-Defense Fleet, headquartered at Yokosuka, consists of the JMSDF's military shipping. It is composed of Fleet Escort Force (based in Yokosuka, Sasebo, Maizuru and Kure), the Fleet Air Force headquartered at Atsugi, Fleet Submarine Force based at Yokosuka and Kure, Mine Warfare Force based at Yokosuka and the Fleet Training Command at Yokosuka.

On 6 March 2018, Ryoko Azuma became the first female squadron commander in the JMSDF. Her unit includes the flagship Izumo, the largest warship in the JMSDF. She commands four warships making up a division with a total of 1,000 crew members.

Each Escort Flotilla is formed as a fleet of eight destroyers and eight on-board helicopters. Each force is composed of one helicopter destroyer (DDH) acting as a command ship, two guided-missile destroyers (DDG) and five standard or ASW destroyers (DD). The JMSDF is planning to reorganize the respective Escort Flotillas into a DDH group and DDG group, enabling faster overseas deployments.

Prime Minister of Japan
Minister of Defense
JMSDF Chief of Staff / Maritime Staff Office
Self-Defense Fleet
Fleet Escort Force
Escort Flotilla 1 (Yokosuka)
Escort Squadron 1: DDH-183 Izumo; DDG-179 Maya; DD-101 Murasame; DD-107 Ikazuchi (Yokosuka)
Escort Squadron 5: DDG-173 Kongō; DD-108 Akebono; DD-109 Ariake; DD-115 Akizuki (Sasebo)
Escort Flotilla 2 (Sasebo)
Escort Squadron 2: DDH-182 Ise; DDG-178 Ashigara; DD-102 Harusame; DD-119 Asahi (Sasebo)
Escort Squadron 6: DDG-174 Kirishima; DD-110 Takanami; DD-111 Onami; DD-116 Teruzuki (Yokosuka)
Escort Flotilla 3 (Maizuru)
Escort Squadron 3: DDH-181 Hyūga; DDG-175 Myōkō; DDG-177 Atago; DD-118 Fuyuzuki (Maizuru)
Escort Squadron 7: DD-103 Yudachi; DD-112 Makinami; DD-114 Suzunami; DD-120 Shiranui (Ominato)
Escort Flotilla 4 (Kure)
Escort Squadron 4: DDH-184 Kaga; DD-105 Inazuma; DD-106 Samidare; DD-113 Sazanami (Kure)
Escort Squadron 8: DDG-180 Haguro; DDG-176 Chōkai; DD-104 Kirisame; DD-117 Suzutsuki (Sasebo)
Naval District Forces:
11th Escort Squadron: DD-152 Yamagiri; DD-153 Yūgiri; DD-154 Amagiri (Yokosuka)
12th Escort Squadron: DD-158 Umigiri; DE-229 Abukuma; DE-234 Tone (Kure)
13th Escort Squadron: DD-157 Sawagiri; DE-230 Jintsū; FFM-3 Noshiro (Sasebo)
14th Escort Squadron: DD-151 Asagiri; DE-232 Sendai;  DD-156 Setogiri (Maizuru)
15th Escort Squadron: DD-155 Hamagiri; DE-231 Ōyodo; DE-233 Chikuma (Ominato)
1st Replenishment-at-Sea Squadron (Yokosuka): AOE-422 Towada (Kure); AOE-423 Tokiwa (Yokosuka); AOE-424 Hamana (Sasebo); AOE-425 Mashu (Mashu-class) (Maizuru); AOE-426 Omi (Mashu-class) (Sasebo)
1st Training Support Squadron: ATS-4202 Kurobe; ATS-4203 Tenryu; (Kure)
Fleet Training Command (Yokosuka)
Fleet Air Force
Fleet Air Wing 1 (P-3C UH-60J)
Fleet Air Wing 2 (P-3C UH-60J)
Fleet Air Wing 4 (P-3C UH-60J)
Fleet Air Wing 5 (P-3C UH-60J)
Fleet Air Wing 21 (SH-60J/K)
Fleet Air Wing 22 (SH-60J)
Fleet Air Wing 31 (US-1A US-2 EP-3 OP-3C UP-3D LC-90 U-36A)
Fleet Squadron 51 (P-1, P-3C UP-3C/D OP-3 SH-60J/K OH-6DA)
Fleet Squadron 61 (C-130R LC-90)
Mine Countermeasures Helicopter Squadron 111 (MCH-101)
Fleet Submarine Force (Yokosuka)
Submarine Flotilla 1 (Kure)
Flotilla HQ: ASR-403 Chihaya
Submarine Squadron 1: SS-507 Jinryū; SS-510 Shōryū; SS-593 Makishio; SS-594 Isoshio
Submarine Squadron 3: SS-504 Kenryū; SS-511 Ōryū; SS-596 Kuroshio; SS-600 Mochishio
Submarine Squadron 5: SS-501 Sōryū; SS-502 Unryū; SS-503 Hakuryū; SS-508 Sekiryū
Kure Submarine Base Support Squadron
Submarine Flotilla 2 (Yokosuka)
Flotilla HQ: ASR-404 Chiyoda
Submarine Squadron 2: SS-592 Uzushio; SS-595 Narushio; SS-597 Takashio
Submarine Squadron 4: SS-505 Zuiryū; SS-598 Yaeshio; SS-599 Setoshio
Submarine Squadron 6: SS-506 Kokuryū; SS-509 Seiryū; SS-512 Tōryū
Yokosuka Submarine Base Support Squadron
1st Submarine Training Squadron (Kure): TSS-3608 Oyashio; TSS-3609 Michishio
Submarine Training Command (Kure)
Yokosuka Submarine Training Detachment
Mine Warfare Force (Yokosuka)
Minesweeper Squadron 1 (Yokosuka): MST-463 Uraga (Uraga class mine warfare command ship); MSO-304 Awaji (Awaji-class minesweeper); MSO-305 Hirado (Awaji-class minesweeper); MSC-606 Hatsushima (Enoshima-class minesweeper)
Minesweeper Squadron 2 (Sasebo): MSC-601 Hirashima; MSC-602 Yakushima; MSC-603 Takashima (all three Hirashima-class minesweepers)
Minesweeper Squadron 3 (Kure): MST-464 Bungo (Uraga class mine warfare command ship); MSC-688 Aishima (Sugashima-class minesweeper); MSC-690 Miyajima (Sugashima-class minesweeper)
Minesweeper Squadron 101 (Kure): MSC-679 Yugeshima; MSC-680 Nagashima (both Uwajima-class minesweeper command boats); 4 minesweeping drone boats (SAM 1 - 4)
Landing Ship Squadron 1 (Kure): LST-4001 Ōsumi; LST-4002 Shimokita; LST-4003 Kunisaki
1st Landing Craft Air Cushion Unit (Kure): LCAC-2101 - 2106
Mine Warfare Support Center (Yokosuka)
Mine Warfare Support Detachment Kure
Fleet Research & Development Command
Fleet Intelligence Command
Oceanographic and ASW Support Command
Air Training Command
Shimofusa Air Training Group (P-3C YS-11TA UH-60J)
Tokushima Air Training Group (202nd Naval Air Training Squadron) (TC-90) (UC-90) (UH-60J)
Ozuki Air Training Group (T-5 UH-60J)
Maritime Material Command
Ship Supply Depot
Air Supply Depot
Training Division (Kure)
Division HQ: TV-3508 Kashima
Training Squadron 1: TV-3520 Hatakaze; TV-3521 Shimakaze
Communication Command
Criminal Investigation Command
Service Activity Tokyo
Printing Supply Unit
JMSDF Staff College
Maritime Officer Candidate School
1st Service School
2nd Service School
3rd Service School
4th Service School
Sub Area Activity Hanshin
Yokosuka District
Kure District
Sasebo District
Maizuru District
Ominato District

District Forces
Five district units act in concert with the fleet to guard the waters of their jurisdictions and provide shore-based support. Each district is home to a major JMSDF base and its supporting personnel and staff. Furthermore, each district is home to one or two regional escort squadrons, composed of two to three destroyers or destroyer escorts (DE). The destroyers tend to be of older classes, mainly former escort force ships. The destroyer escorts, on the other hand, tend to be purpose built vessels. Each district also has a number of minesweeping ships.

Fleet Air Force

The Fleet Air Force is tasked with patrol, ASW and rescue tasks. It is composed primarily of 7 aviation groups. Prominent bases are maintained at Kanoya, Hachinohe, Atsugi, Naha, Tateyama, Omura and Iwakuni. The Fleet Air Force is built up mainly with patrol aircraft such as the Lockheed P-3 Orion, rescue aircraft such as the US-1A and helicopters such as the SH-60J. In the JMSDF, helicopters deployed to each escort force are actually members of Fleet Air Force squadrons based on land.

Special Forces
Special Forces units consist of the following:

SBU (Special Boarding Unit)
MIT (Maritime Interception Team)

Ranks

Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Other ranks
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Culture and traditions

Music and traditions
The JMSDF has maintained some historic links with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Today's JMSDF continues to use the same martial songs, naval flags, signs, and technical terms as the IJN. The JMSDF still uses the Warship March, the old service march of the IJN, as its official service march. It also maintains the IJN bugle calls tradition, as every ship and shore establishment command maintain a platoon or squad of bugle players.

Flag and insignia
The Imperial Japanese Navy first adopted the off-set naval ensign  on May 15, 1870, and it was used until the end of World War II in 1945. On June 30, 1954, when the JSDF was established, the JSDF and JGSDF adopted a different rising sun flag with 8-rays and an 8:9 ratio. The old off-set navy flag with the sun and 16 rays was re-adopted as the ensign of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, but it was modified with a brighter red color. The original flag is darker red (RGB #b12d3d) while the post-WW2 version is brighter red (RGB #bd0029).

Food
Curry was brought to Japan from India by the Royal Navy. The Imperial Japanese Navy adopted curry to prevent beriberi. The recipe of Japanese curry was gradually arranged in Japan by chefs. It is also an excellent recipe, nutritious, easy to cook in mass quantity, and reportedly delicious.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force continues this tradition with curry as the Friday menu. Japanese curry was changed and adapted drastically to become a uniquely Japanese dish.

Ship names
The ship prefix JDS (Japanese Defense Ship) was used until 2008, at which time JMSDF ships started using the prefix JS (Japanese Ship) to reflect the upgrade of the Japanese Defense Agency to the Ministry of Defense.

Ships of the JMSDF, known as Japan Ships (; Ji'ei-Kan), are classified according to the following criteria:

Recruitment and training

JMSDF recruits receive three months of basic training followed by courses in patrol, gunnery, minesweeping, convoy operations, and maritime transportation. Flight students, all upper-secondary school graduates, enter a two-year course. Officer candidate schools offer six-month courses to qualified enlisted personnel and those who have completed flight school.

Graduates of four-year universities, the four-year National Defense Academy, and particularly outstanding enlisted personnel undergo a one-year officer course at the Officer Candidate School at Etajima (site of the former Imperial Naval Academy). The JMSDF also operates a staff college in Tokyo for senior officers.

The large volume of coastal commercial fishing and maritime traffic around Japan limits in-service sea training, especially in the relatively shallow waters required for mine laying, minesweeping, and submarine rescue practice. Training days are scheduled around slack fishing seasons in winter and summer—providing about ten days during the year.

The JMSDF maintains two oceangoing training ships and conducted annual long-distance on-the-job training for graduates of the one-year officer candidate school.

See also

Japanese ship naming conventions
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Yokosuka, Japan – US Navy facility key to MSDF/USN operational coordination.
Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine – Post-WWII Occupation era organisation
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force [Category]

References

Further reading
Agawa, Naoyuki. Friendship across the Seas: The US Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2019.
Auer, James. The Postwar Rearmament of Japanese Maritime Forces, 1945–1971. New York: Praeger, 1973.
Auer, James. "Japan's Changing Defense Policy," The New Pacific Security Environment. Ralph A. Cossa, ed. Wash. D.C.: National Defense University, 1993.
Jane's Intelligence Review, February 1992.
Jane's Defence Weekly 17 August 1991
Midford, Paul. "Japan's Response to Terror: Dispatching the SDF to the Arabian Sea," Asian Survey, 43:2 (March/April 2003).
Rubinstein, G.A. and J. O'Connell. "Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Forces," Naval Forces. 11: 2 (1990).
Sekino, Hideo. "Japan and Her Maritime Defense," U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, (May 1971).
Sekino, Hideo. "A Diagnosis of our Maritime Self-Defense Force," Sekai no Kansen (Ships of the World), November 1970.
Takei, Tomohisa,"Japan Maritime Self Defense Force in the New Maritime Era," Hatou, 34: 4(November 2008).
Tsukigi, Shinji, "External and Internal Factors Shaping The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)." Monterey, Cal.: Naval Postgraduate School, June 1993. Master's thesis.
Wile, Ted Shannon. Sealane Defense: An Emerging Role for the JMSDF?. Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School (1981).

Woolley, Peter J. Japan's Navy: Politics and Paradox 1971–2000. London: Lynne-Reinner: 2000.
 Yamaguchi, Jiro. "The Gulf War and the Transformation of Japanese Constitutional Politics," Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 18 (Winter 1992).
 Young, P. Lewis. "The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces: Major Surface Combatants Destroyers and Frigates," Asian Defense Journal (1985).

External links

Yokosuka Naval Base Community Website JMSDF News
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force News
JMSDF overview at GlobalSecurity
Introduction of a paper "JMSDF in the New Maritime Era"

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Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago
Extended Run, now playing thru 10/16!
Since the ninth century, millions of world travelers have embarked on an epic pilgrimage across northern Spain that is known to be profoundly enlightening, spiritually nourishing and physically challenging. Today, several hundred thousand people a year descend on this mostly unpaved path with little more than a backpack and a pair of boots. Through Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago, we are able to journey into the hearts and minds of six modern-day pilgrims as they cope with blisters, exhaustion, loneliness and self-doubt to triumph over fears and prejudices that have become roadblocks to living a fulfilled life. Find out why audiences everywhere are raving about the film that Martin Sheen, star of The Way, calls a "brilliant documentary."
Director Biography
Veteran filmmaker Lydia B. Smith makes her feature documentary directorial debut with "Walking the Camino." After earning a degree in film from the UC Berkeley, she worked on documentaries in the Bay Area for several years with "Walking the Camino" Senior Producer, Theresa Tollini-Coleman, as well as with "Best Documentary (Short Subject)" Oscar winner Vivienne Verdon-Roe.
Director(s)Lydia Smith


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set -eo pipefail -o nounset

cat << EOF > get_protein_coding_features.py

import sys
import os
import io
import gzip

gtf_file = sys.argv[1] ## A gtf file to filter

fh = gzip.open(gtf_file, "rt", encoding = "utf-8") if gtf_file.endswith(".gz") else io.open(ar_gene_file, "rt", encoding = "utf-8")

header = ["chrom","source","feature","start","end","score","strand","frame","attribute"]

print("#" + "\t".join(header))

for line in fh:

    if line[0] == "#":
        continue

    line_dict = dict(zip(header,line.strip().split("\t")))
    line_dict.update({x.strip().replace("\"","").split(" ")[0]:x.strip().replace("\"","").split(" ")[1] for x in line_dict["attribute"].strip().split(";")[:-1]})

    if "gene_type" in line_dict:

        if line_dict["gene_type"] == "protein_coding":

            print(line.strip())

fh.close()

EOF

## Get .genome file
genome=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gogetdata/ggd-recipes/master/genomes/Homo_sapiens/GRCh38/GRCh38.genome

## Process GTF file
wget --quiet ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/gencode/Gencode_human/release_34/gencode.v34.chr_patch_hapl_scaff.annotation.gtf.gz

gzip -dc gencode.v34.chr_patch_hapl_scaff.annotation.gtf.gz \
    | grep -v "^#" \
    | awk -v OFS="\t" 'BEGIN {print "chrM\tMT"} { if ( $1 != "chrM") gsub("chr","", $1); print "chr"$1, $1}' \
    | uniq >  chrom_mapping.txt

cat <(gzip -dc gencode.v34.chr_patch_hapl_scaff.annotation.gtf.gz | grep "^#") <(python get_protein_coding_features.py gencode.v34.chr_patch_hapl_scaff.annotation.gtf.gz) \
    | gsort --chromosomemappings chrom_mapping.txt /dev/stdin $genome \
    | bgzip -c > grch38-protein-coding-features-gencode-v1.gtf.gz

tabix grch38-protein-coding-features-gencode-v1.gtf.gz

rm gencode.v34.chr_patch_hapl_scaff.annotation.gtf.gz
rm chrom_mapping.txt
rm get_protein_coding_features.py

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Browse by Author: Guthrie, Hugh
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Guthrie, Hugh (2012) The issue of Cert IV TAE: Whinging about the Certificate IV TAE is fine, but is this the most important issue? Training and Development, 39 (1). pp. 8-10. ISSN 1839-8561
Guthrie, Hugh and Clayton, Berwyn (2012) An association for VET's professionals: what's the story? In: AVETRA 15th Annual Conference. Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Crows Nest, New South Wales.
Guthrie, Hugh (2011) Prevocational courses. In: NCVER report 1: overview of the Australian apprenticeship and traineeship system. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, pp. 42-50.
Guthrie, Hugh (2011) Occupational training and the role of apprenticeships and traineeships. In: NCVER report 2 : overview of apprenticeship and traineeship institutional structure. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, pp. 9-19.
Knight, Brian, Karmel, Tom and Guthrie, Hugh (2011) The efficiency of the apprenticeship and traineeship system. In: NCVER report 2 : overview of apprenticeship and traineeship institutional structure. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, pp. 57-89.
Guthrie, Hugh, Harris, Roger, Simons, Michele and Karmel, Tom (2009) Teaching for technical and vocational education and training (TVET). In: International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching. Saha, Lawrence J and Dworkin, Anthony G, eds. Springer International Handbooks of Education , 21 . Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 851-863.
Loveder, Philip and Guthrie, Hugh (2009) Genesis of VET research: case study of Australia. In: Handbook of technical and vocational education and training research. Rauner, Felix and Maclean, Rupert, eds. Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 32-37.
Guthrie, Hugh and Loveder, Phil (2009) The ageing TVET workforce in Australia: issues and challenges. In: International handbook of education for the changing world of work: bridging academic and vocational learning. Maclean, Rupert and Wilson, David N, eds. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 2487-2498.
Guthrie, Hugh and Dawe, Susan (2004) Overview. In: Vocational education and training and innovation : research readings. Dawe, Susan, ed. TD/TNC (79.07). National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide, pp. 10-19.
Choy, Sarojni, McNickle, Cathy and Clayton, Berwyn (2003) Learner Expectations and Experiences: Student Views of Support in Online Learning. In: Online Learning: Research Readings. Guthrie, Hugh, ed. National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Leabrook, S.A., Australia, pp. 106-122.
Guthrie, Hugh (1998) Getting the message out : disseminating the products of the National Research and Evaluation Program. In: VET research : influencing policy and practice : proceedings of the first national conference of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Sydney, February, 1998. Barrett, Mary and McIntyre, John, eds. TD/TNC (57.103). Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Organisation, Alexandria, New South Wales, pp. 205-210.
Jones, Anne, Clayton, Berwyn, Pfitzner, Naomi and Guthrie, Hugh (2017) Perfect for a woman : Increasing the participation of women in electrical trades. Other. Victoria University, Melbourne. (Unpublished)
Clayton, Berwyn ORCID: 0000-0001-8790-9687, Guthrie, Hugh, Every, Pam and Harding, Regan (2015) Competency progression and completion: how is the policy being enacted in three trades? Project Report. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide.
Guthrie, Hugh and Dowling, Natalie (2012) Higher apprenticeships: scoping report to Higher Education and Skills Group. Other. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne.
Guthrie, Hugh, Stanwick, John and Karmel, Tom (2011) Pathways: developing the skills of Australia's workforce. Other. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide.
Guthrie, Hugh, McNaughton, Alicen and Gamlin, Tracy (2011) Initial training for VET teachers : a portrait within a larger canvas. Other. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide.
Guthrie, Hugh and Nechvoglod, Lisa (2011) Identification of issues that impact upon the provision of effective career development services for VET learners : a research paper for the Career Industry Counci l of Australia (CICA). Other. Career Industry Council of Australia, Hawthorn, Victoria.
Clayton, Berwyn and Guthrie, Hugh (2011) Scoping study examining the feasibility of an association for VET professionals, draft 1. Discussion Paper. TAFE Development Centre, East Melbourne.
Guthrie, Hugh (2010) A short history of initial VET teacher training. Other. National Centre for Vocational Eucation Research, Adelaide.
Guthrie, Hugh and Clayton, Berwyn (2010) Building Capability in Vocational Education and Training Providers: the TAFE Cut. Other. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide.
Guthrie, Hugh (2010) Professional development in the vocational education and training workforce. Other. National Centre for Vocational Eucation Research, Adelaide.
Guthrie, Hugh, Mlotkowski, Peter, Nechvoglod, Lisa and McGregor, Katherine (2010) Vocational education and training workforce data 2008 : a compendium. Other. National Centre for Vocational Eucation Research, Adelaide.
Guthrie, Hugh (2009) Competence and competency-based training : what the literature says. Other. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide.
Guthrie, Hugh (2008) Having your say: Views from the sector on enhancing vocational education and training provider capability. Other. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide.
Perkins, Kate, Guthrie, Hugh and Nguyen, Nhi (2007) Towards a learning culture : the impact of the TLASG program on the VET sector in Western Australia. Project Report. Department of Education and Training, Western Australia, Perth. (Unpublished)
Guthrie, Hugh, Perkins, Kate and Nguyen, Nhi (2006) VET teaching and learning : the future now 2006-2010. Discussion Paper. Department of Education and Training, East Perth.
Guthrie, Hugh, Barnett, Kate and Polvere, Christina (1996) Training and enterprise bargaining : enterprise-based approaches to training. Other. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide.
Bruhn, Peter, Guthrie, Hugh and Tooth, Terry (1995) Developing learning guides : industry package. Manual. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook, South Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh and Cesnich, Janine (1995) Training for a better environment : an evaluation of the environmental education and training needs in vocational education in South Australia. Other. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook, South Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh (1995) Evaluation guide for the review of vocational education and training programs. Manual. TAFE Queensland, Brisbane.
Bruhn, Peter and Guthrie, Hugh (1993) Developing learning guides : the workshop package. Manual. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook, South Australia.
Hayton, Geoff, Garrick, John and Guthrie, Hugh (1993) Learning construction: skill formation in the construction industry: A Report by the University Of Technology, Sydney and the National Centre For Vocational Education Research. Project Report. Construction Industry Development Agency, Sydney, New South Wales.
Guthrie, Hugh (1993) Implementing CBT, competency based training. Manual. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, ACT.
Guthrie, Hugh, Lundberg, David and Lundberg, Julie (1993) Evaluation kit for the implementation review of the Australian Vocational Certificate (AVC) system pilot projects. Other. National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide, South Australia.
Hall, William C, Dean, Susan, Guthrie, Hugh, Hayton, Geoff, Mageean, Pauline and Scarfe, Janet (1991) National review of TAFE teacher preparation and development: stage 2, models. Project Report. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh (1991) Performance indicators revisited. Project Report. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Bruhn, Peter and Guthrie, Hugh (1991) Designing learning guides for TAFE and industry. Manual. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Bone, John and Guthrie, Hugh (1990) Approaches to curriculum development: a discussion paper. Discussion Paper. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Bourke, Eleanor A, Guthrie, Hugh, Huggins, Jackie, McBride, Glenys, Turker, Jennifer and Wilson, Sara (1990) Towards better management: training materials for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Manual. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh and Loveder, Phil (1990) Approaches to multiple entry and exit points for associate diplomas. Project Report. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh, Jamison, Barbara, McLean, Sue and Woodward, Sue (1989) National curriculum projects manual. Manual. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Hayton, G, Clark, Terry, Hayes, M and Guthrie, Hugh (1989) Training needs analysis. Project Report. Australain Government Publication Services, Canberra, Australia.
Wallace, Laurie, Hayton, Geoff, Guthrie, Hugh and Brown, Anthony (1989) Articulated training: Models for the building industry. Project Report. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development , Adelaide, Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh and Bone, John (1989) Commonwealth programs and Regency College of TAFE: an evaluation. Other. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh (1988) Performance indicators in TAFE. Other. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh, McCurdy, Sam, Jamison, Barbara and Bell, Malcolm (1988) Making Changes: Evaluation and Validation of TAFE Programmes : Collected Documents. Discussion Paper. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Payneham, South, Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh (1987) Computer Managed Learning: A Monograph. Other. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh and Krzemionka, Zofia (1987) Distance education needs for 16 to 19 year olds. Project Report. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, Australia.
Hayton, Geoff and Guthrie, Hugh (1987) Analysis for industry training committees: a definitions paper. Other. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh (1987) A review of the literature on occupational analysis and training needs analysis. Other. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh and Byrne, Bob Advancing change : higher level training in the printing industry. Project Report. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
Bourke, Eleanor A, Guthrie, Hugh, Huggins, Jackie, Turker, Jennifer and Wilson, Sara Developing training materials in community and enterprise management for Aboriginal people in remote areas: project report. Project Report. TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Guthrie, Hugh and Smith, E (2015) The effects of a radical change in funding rules for VET in Victoria, Australia. In: 44th Annual SCUTERA Conference: Its All Adult Education, 07 July 2015-09 July 2015, University of Leeds.
Guthrie, Hugh (2013) Institutionally-based research and evaluation to advise change and practice: Messages and lessons from three projects. In: AVETRA 16th Annual Conference Fremantle: VET Research At the Edge – Training for Diversity and Change, 03 April 2013-05 April 2013, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Clayton, Berwyn ORCID: 0000-0001-8790-9687 and Guthrie, Hugh (2013) Tell me the old, old story or new messages? Five decades of inquiry into the VET teacher development. In: AVETRE Conference 2013, 3 Apr 2013 - 5 Apr 2013, Fremantle, Perth.
Guthrie, Hugh (2008) Building organisational capability the private provider way. In: The Australian Council of Independent Vocational Colleges Annual Conference, 27 June, 2008, The Mercure Hotel, Sydney. (Unpublished)
Guthrie, Hugh (1990) Performance indicators for TAFE colleges: poison, placebo or panacea? In: Australian Association of TAFE Principals , January 1990. (Unpublished)
Guthrie, Hugh, ed. (2003) Online learning : research readings. TD/TNC, 71.08 . National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook, South Australia.
Robinson, Chris and Guthrie, Hugh (1998) The National Research and Evaluation Strategy for Vocational Education and Training : the first year. TD/TNC, 54.59 . National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Adelaide.
Harris, Roger, Guthrie, Hugh, Hobart, Barry and Lundberg, David (1995) Competency-Based Education and Training: Between a Rock and a Whirlpool. MacMillan Education Australia, South Melbourne, Australia.
Fuller, Don, Guthrie, Hugh, Hayton, Geoff and Oxley, Steven (1988) Training for Australian industry : a guide to research techniques for assessing industry training requirements. Australian Government Publication Services, Canberra, Australia.


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Death Of Tommy Makem 2007
Folk musician Tommy Makem has died at the age of 74 in New Hampshire.
Born in 1932 and raised in Keady, County Armagh, he was the son of legendary song collector Sarah Makem, and is best known for his time with the Clancy Brothers.
Having emigrated to the USA as a young man, and trying to make it as an actor, he and his friend Liam Clancy, with Clancy's brothers Tommy and Paddy, decided to form a band singing Irish ballads and folk songs,
I remember we had a mass meeting, one time, the four of us, to decide if we were going to go ahead with this singing lark, or go back to our proper jobs in the theatre. So we decided to give this singing thing six months.
It was 1961, and folk music was 'in'. Along with stars such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem went from audiences in small clubs to 80 million on The Ed Sullivan Show. They played for presidents, and outsold Elvis Presley in 1964.
The Clancys' mother, having heard about the harsh New York winters, sent four knitted Aran sweaters to keep her boys warm, and this became their trademark. They performed traditional Irish songs, but in a new way, with gusto, humour, and pride.
Tommy Makem's lifelong friend Liam Clancy remembers the momentous impact that their music had on the world,
Four Irish guys, from small-town Ireland made it onto the television screens of 80 million people in America. That, as somebody said to me later, 'You opened a door where nobody knew a door existed'.
But it wasn't all about making Irish traditional music popular with the masses. They heralded a new confidence in Irish culture, as Makem's nephew Peter explains,
He and Liam and Paddy and Tom, the boys, had the self-confidence to say what we have is important, and we are not afraid to expose this to the world, our great culture. And that is the ultimate lesson that he gave to Ireland, and we're proud that it came from the roots here, in south Armagh.
Tommy Makem died of lung cancer in Dover, New Hampshire, on 1 August 2007.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 2 August 2007. The reporter is Flor McCarthy.
Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem on 'The Late Late Show' 6 December 1980.
The photographer is Des Gaffney.
TOMMY MAKEM
LIAM CLANCY
Music, Song and Dance of Ireland
The Abbey Tavern 1963
Pete Seeger Father Of American Folk Music 1998
Irish Traditional Music Archive 2006
Emmet Spiceland 1968
Ennis County Clare 1978
Master Musician Séamus Ennis 1975
Dolores Keane: Stories from the Heart 1981
The Bothy Band 1976
Music In A Killybegs Pub 1978
Micho Russell Clare Musician 1990
Clannad At The Embankment 1976
Kila Shaker 1997
Army Help Commuters In Dublin Bus Strike 1979