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	Japan Self-Defense Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Based on the Self-Defense Forces Law of 1954, the nation's defense establishment is organized to ensure civilian control of the armed forces.
		The law states that ground, maritime, and air forces are to preserve the peace and independence of the nation and to maintain national security by conducting operations on land, at sea, and in the air to defend the nation against direct and indirect aggression.
		Japan's defeat in World War II had a profound and lasting effect on national attitudes toward war, the armed forces, and military involvement in politics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces (4176 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		Although Japan was completely disarmed at the end of World War II, the Self Defense Forces were established in 1952 as the result of several domestic and international developments--including the outbreak of the Cold War, the Korean War, and Japan's regained independence upon the conclusion of the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
		The combination of the Self Defense Fleet and the Regional Districts has provided the U.S. Navy considerable operational assistance, especially in the ASW arena and logistic support in the western reaches of the Pacific theater near Japan.
		In addition, Japan is a maritime power in the democratic and free world--heavily dependent on sea trade for its existence and prosperity.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/dec_02_31.php (1641 words)

	Encyclopedia: Japan Self Defense Forces
		Japan did this on the same day it signed the San Francisco Treaty: Yoshida Shigeru and Harry Truman penned a document that allowed the United States Armed Forces to continue their use of bases in Japan.
		Japan Watch is published by the Office of the Japan Chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues.
		Japan Airlines flight 123 crashed in Omitaka-yama causing 520 deaths and only 4 survivors in one of the largest aircraft related casualty.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japan-Self_Defense-Forces (219 words)

	Asia Times: Korea-Japan military ties take the heat off US
		If Japan were to shy away from the threat from North Korean nuclear missiles and refuse to provide logistical support to US forces, the US would find itself in an extremely difficult situation trying to support any action in Korea, even the sort of air attacks that characterized the Kosovo conflict.
		The odd thing about the US-Japan Security Treaty is that Japan provides bases to American forces ''for the peace and stability of the Far East'' and in return the American forces have joint responsibility for Japan's defense.
		Japan has begun to strike a new balance between its ''extreme caution in the use of military force'' and its ''contribution to international order'' from which it has received enormous economic benefit.
	www.atimes.com /japan-econ/AK18Dh02.html (1216 words)

	Japan-U.S. Forces Train for Defense
		This maritime exercise tested the ability of the U.S. Seventh Fleet and elements of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) to conduct coordinated bilateral operations in the defense of Japan.
		The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer Haruna (DD 141) (on left) receives an underway fuel replenishment along with the carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), from the USNS Tippecanoe (TAO 199) (in center), during ANNUALEX 99.
		The JMSDF destroyer JDS Haruna (DD-141) conducted an underway replenishment together with the USS Kitty Hawk from the USNS Tippecanoe (TAO-199) in the Sea of Japan.
	forum.apan-info.net /summer99web/annualex.html (503 words)

	USPACOM Article
		JAPAN -- Japan's largest Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship departed Wednesday for Indonesia's Sumatra Island as part of a relief mission to the worst-hit area of the Dec. 26 tsunamis triggered by a massive earthquake.
		Combined with other forces to be sent later this month, including a destroyer, an Air Self-Defense Force C-130 transport aircraft and U-4 utility plane, 60 GSDF medics, as well as an ASDF C-130 already in the region, they will form the largest emergency relief operation ever conducted by the Self-Defense Forces outside of Japan.
		One of the two groups, Peace Winds Japan, said securing relief supplies is still the biggest challenge on Sumatra, but many humanitarian aid groups are hesitant to seek cooperation from military forces.
	www.pacom.mil /articles/articles2005/050113story4.shtml (570 words)

	www.rian.ru
		Vice Admiral Nakashima, in command of the operative staff of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, arrived in Vladivostok the day before the destroyer, which was the first precedent of the kind in the history of Russian-Japanese military diplomatic relations, reported the Pacific Fleet.
		VLADIVOSTOK, June 6 (RIA Novosti correspondent Anatoly Ilyukhov) - The Hiei destroyer of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force arrived in Vladivostok, the main base of Russia's Pacific Fleet and the center of its Maritime Territory, on an unofficial visit.
		The visits are to mark 150 years since Russia and Japan have established diplomatic relations by signing the Treaty of Amity in Shimoda in 1855.
	en.rian.ru /russia/20050606/40475092-print.html (294 words)

	Japan
		The "rising-sun" flag with 16 rays used by the former Japanese navy and by the present Maritime Self Defense Forces is a military service flag and should not be confused with the national flag.
		After a period of no military aviation in Japan, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Nihon Koku-Jieitai) was formed on 1 July 1954 together with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijyo Jieitai) and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujo Jieitai) with their air arms.
		I think he believed his flag could help the Shogun, who had military power, to save Japan and the people from Mongol Invasion.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/jp.html (871 words)

	Army Logistician: Logistics in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
		As the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) transforms to face the challenges of the 21st century, it must confront logistics support issues similar to those the U.S. Army is facing as it transitions to the Objective Force.
		The Japan Defense Agency (JDA), Japan's equivalent to the U.S. Department of Defense, is located in Ichigaya, a section of central Tokyo.
		That restructuring reduces its force to 8 divisions, 1 armored division, 6 brigades, 1 airborne brigade, 1 helicopter brigade, 900 tanks, 900 artillery systems, 145,000 active-duty personnel, and 15,000 reserve personnel.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PAI/is_6_35/ai_110459242 (1232 words)

	Kawano, Autumn 1998
		Under international law, it is understood that a state has the right of collective self-defense, that is, the right to use force to stop armed attack on a foreign country with which it has close relations, even when the state itself is not under direct attack.
		The joint strategic and operational plans between Japan and the United States were based on the Security Treaty and were part of the global defense against the Soviet Union.
		Japan has reached the stage where its military role in the Japan-U.S. security relationship must be expanded; otherwise, there is a strong possibility that the complaints of U.S. citizens will become heated, that Americans will connect security issues with economic ones, and that this will cause a deterioration in the alliance.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/1998/autumn/art1-a98.htm (5182 words)

	factpage.htm
		Japan's so-called "Self Defense Force" is equipped with some of the world's most advanced weapons.
		Article nine of the country's constitution states that Japan rejects war or the threat of force as a means of settling international disputes.
		Japan's navy is the only one outside the U.S. navy with Aegis air-defense cruisers.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~texeiraj/factpage.htm (560 words)

	Military Medicine: Relationship between morbidity and body mass index of Mariners in the Japan Maritime self-defense force fleet escort force
		To establish a practical weight management program for mariners in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Fleet Escort Force, the relationship between morbidity and body mass index (BMI) was studied.
		The authors thank Admiral Hiraku Katsuyama, Commander of the JMSDF Fleet Escort Force, Medical Corps of the JMSDF Fleet Escort Force, Professor Fumitaka Osuzu, and Professor Emeritus Haruo Nakamura of the National Defense Medical College.
		12 In Japan, a body mass index (weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) of 22 is used as the ideal target.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3912/is_200108/ai_n8972451 (1330 words)

	Asia Times Online - The trusted news source for information on Japan
		Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force by contrast currently has four, and will soon have six such vessels, all home-built with loaned Aegis technologies, enabling Japan to make the first entry into the BMD club by equipping itself with a sea-based mid-course defense (SMD) capability.
		Indeed, Japan is about to commence the sea-based and the Patriot defense, and the key weapon systems Japan is procuring from Raytheon et al are exactly the same as those that the US will adopt.
		The reason for this is not because Japan is the second largest economy still committed to having its armed forces deployed in Iraq, but rather because Japan has decided to do what few other allies of the United States could.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Japan/FD29Dh01.html (899 words)

	Japan 2029
		Japan maintains one of the world's largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly 25% of the global catch.
		Japan's governmental system in 2029 is heavily influenced by the English Parliamentary system.
		Unfortunately she was forced to flee the country.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Fuji/3598/gits2.htm (1591 words)

	Special Report: Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Support to the War in Afghanistan
		The Self Defense Force (SDF) dispatch bill, enacted last month, allows the SDF to provide noncombat support to U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, while the 16 November 2001deployment plan (Appendix A) covers details of support the SDF is expected to lend to the U.S.-led war on terrorism in Afghanistan..
		On 9 November, three JMSDF ships (Japan Defense Ship (JDS) Kurama (DDH-143), JDS Kirisame (DD-104), and the supply vessel JDS Hamana (AOE-424)) departed Sasebo, Japan.
		The key to success is to ensure that JMSDF forces are used sensibly and effectively and to ensure that the benefits of their participation are widely and publicly distributed.
	www.vic-info.org /regionstop.nsf/8c57c5b1a445e0948a2568390005a91e/d54a4bbc3d67eb9a0a256b12000fdbe1 (387 words)

	japanmil.html
		Japan's Self Defense Forces (JSDF) are primarily responsible for external defense and less concerned with internal issues such as domestic insurgencies or ethnic conflicts.
		There are also plans to improve maritime surveillance by setting up a patrol-helicopter unit, the first naval special operations unit or Special Guard Force and expansion of the substantial surface fleet with additional destroyers as well as the development of an amphibious capability.
		Japan also has a sizeable defense industry with sophisticated capabilities in areas such as radar and air-to-air missiles.
	www.cdi.org /issues/Asia/japanmil.html (311 words)

	Navy-Japan Medical Drill Shows Unified Response
		Teams from both the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) worked together to rescue, treat, and transport patients.
		“Since the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force are closely located together, when a big disaster occurs here in Yokosuka, it will be necessary for us to cooperate with each other, helping those who are injured," Rear Adm. Junichi Hatada, director of the Japan Self Defense Force Hospital, Yokosuka said.
		YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- Medical first responders from the U.S. Navy and Japan Self Defense Force teamed up for a joint mass casualty drill at Yokosuka Naval Base April 21.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=13022 (382 words)

	Asia Pacific Defense Forum Spring 2003
		Motoaki Watanabe, Director General, Joint Staff Office, Japan Defense Agency, and Lt Gen. Thomas Waskow, Commander U.S Forces Japan (USFJ), listen to a briefing on U.S. Marine Corps’ operations in Exercise KEEN SWORD.
		JGSDF troops acting the part of civilian evacuees walk on the ramp at the U.S. Naval Air Facility in Atsugi, Japan, during a non-combatant evacuation exercise.
		U.S. Army soldiers armed with an M240B Machine Gun fire at the “enemy” from a hilltop position, suppressing the enemy while participating in a Japan-U.S. field training exercise.
	forum.apan-info.net /spring03/2_23/gallery_1.html (572 words)

	Russian Mini-Submarine Rescue Efforts in the Pacific - IMAGES - MOSNEWS.COM
		Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force’s submarine rescue mother ship Chiyoda is among the four ships that the Japanese Defense Agency has sent to Kamchatka shores in rescue of a troubled Russian mini-submarine.
		Photo: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force,HQ Kamchatka peninsula, where the mini-sub Priz (Prize) ran into trouble on Thursday, is situated in the Far East, washed by the Pacific ocean.
		Yelena Milashevskaya holds a wedding picture of herself and her husband Vyacheslav Milashevsky, 25, commander of a Russian mini-submarine stranded deep in the Pacific Ocean, at their home at Zaboika village in Beryozovaya Bay, about 75 kilometers (47 miles) south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005.
	www.mosnews.com /images/p/9957.shtml (571 words)

	JMSDF HOME PAGE for English
		Outline of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
	www.jda.go.jp /JMSDF/english/index_e.htm (8 words)

	Pacific Reach Images
		Pacific Reach is the first multination submarine rescue exercise held in the Pacific region and includes 600 participants, four submarines, four surface support ships and other submarine rescue systems from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, the Republic of Korea Navy, the U.S. Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy.
		Pacific Reach is being held in the waters off Singapore and includes 600 participants, four submarines, four surface support ships and other submarine rescue systems from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, the Republic of Korea Navy, the U.S. Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy.
		Also participating in the exercise are submarine rescue groups and support ships from the Republic of Korea and the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force.
	www.csp.navy.mil /pacreach/image1.htm (1840 words)

	JAPAN
		Defense Policy of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the Early 21st Century.
		Management in the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force: The Effects of Japanese Values and Beliefs.
		Osumi Unlocks Japan's Maritime Potential: Predicted and Potential Roles of Japan's LST (Tank Landing Ship) are Not the Same.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/japan2/j12.htm (143 words)

	Pacific Reach Images
		Hosted by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force from April 22 to May 2, Pacific Reach 2002 is an exercise designed to improve submarine rescue capabilities.
		SASEBO, Japan -- A USS La Jolla (SSN 701) officer explains the capabilities of the deep submergence rescue vehicle Mystic (DSRV-1) to a Japan Maritime Self Defense Force officer April 23.
		Members of the United States, Japan, Australian, Republic of Korea and Republic of Singapore navies are participating in the exercise with observers from Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Chile, France, China and India.
	www.csp.navy.mil /pacreach/image2.htm (930 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Military branches
		Tonga Defense Services (made up of three operational command components and two support elements, including the Royal Marines, Royal Guards, Maritime Force, a support/logistics group, and a training group), Police; note - a new air wing that will be subordinate to the Ministry of Defense is being developed
		VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army)
		Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Defense), Internal Forces (subordinate to Ministry of Interior), Civil Defense Forces (subordinate to the president)
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2055.html (2809 words)

	DefenseNews.com - U.S. Moves To Sell Japan SM-2 Missiles - 06/06/05 17:31
		The Pentagon’s Defense Security and Cooperation Agency said Japan requested the missiles for use on ships of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force fleet and said it would enhance Japan’s defense of critical sea-lanes.
		“It is vital to the U.S. national interest to assist Japan to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability, which will contribute to an acceptable military balance in the area,” the agency said.
		The U.S. Defense Department notified Congress on June 6 of a proposed sale to Japan of 40 SM-2 Block IIIB surface-to-air missiles built by Raytheon Co., in a deal valued at up to $104 million.
	www.defensenews.com /story.php?F=896681&C=america (214 words)

	History - CFAS
		The important bilateral relationship between Japan and the United States that exists today is very much in evidence at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, where ships of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and the United States Seventh Fleet share this excellent port.
		After the Korean War ended, Japan established its Self Defense Forces, and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ships began to homeport in Sasebo, as U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo continued to support ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet.
		Service Force ships as well as mine craft also made Sasebo their homeport.
	www.cfas.navy.mil /History/history.htm (514 words)

	U.S. Navy, JMSDF to participate in bilateral exercise
		ANNUALEX 13g is one in a continuing series of ANNUALEX exercises and is a routine bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
		YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the United States Navy will conduct a large bilateral maritime exercise Nov. 4-11 in waters around Japan.
		U.S. Navy units taking part in the exercise with JMSDF units include elements of Carrier Air Wing Five, based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan; USS Cowpens (CG 63); RV Cory Chouest; MV LTC Calvin P. Titus; a U.S. submarine; along with maritime patrol aircraft under the control of Commander, Task Force Seven Two.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2001/11/05.htm (191 words)

	CNFJ 2002 Press Releases
		ANNUALEX 14G is one in a continuing series of routine bilateral exercises held annually between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force.
		YOKOSUKA, Japan—The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States Navy will conduct a large, bilateral maritime exercise November 11-22, 2002, in waters and airspace around Japan.
		The exercise, called ANNUALEX 14G, is designed to improve both Naval forces’ capability for coordinated and bilateral operations in the defense of Japan.
	www.cnfj.navy.mil /PAO/Release44.htm (218 words)

	Japan's naval ships bring aid to Sumatra - (United Press International)
		Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Ships from Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force set out for the tsunami-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra on a relief mission, Yomiuri Shimbun reported Thursday.
		With about 1,000 personnel, the SDF mission for the tsunami-stricken countries will be Japan's largest contribution to international cooperation activities.
		Japan's naval ships bring aid to Sumatra - (United Press International)
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050113-040340-4887r.htm (183 words)

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