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	Japan Self-Defense Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The JSDF numbered 239,430 in 2005 with 147,737 in the Ground Self-Defense Force, 44,327 in the Maritime Self-Defense Force, 45,517 in the Air Self-Defense Force, and 1,849 in the Joint Staff Office.
		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.
		Although the Japanese people retained a lingering suspicion of the armed services, in the late 1980s antimilitarism had moderated, compared with its form in the early 1950s when the SDF was established.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces (4428 words)

	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The force is based strictly on defensive armament, largely lacking the offensive weapons typically handled by naval forces of equivalent size.
		Defense planners believe the most effective approach to combating submarines entails mobilizing all available weapons, including surface combatants, submarines, aircraft, and helicopters, and the numbers and armament of these weapons were increased in the Mid-Term Defense Estimate.
		Each Escort force is formed as an 8-8 fleet of 8 destroyers and 8 on-board helicopters, a modification of the old Japanese Navy fleet layouts of 8 battleships and 8 cruisers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force (1393 words)

	Japanese Rearmament
		Among the Japanese Naval force, Army, and Air Force, the growth of naval force is particularly remarkable.
		Many military experts consider the Japanese naval force as the second most powerful naval force in the world, right next to the U.S.A. It is a well-known fact that the Japanese economy has been going down for a while.
		The Japanese economic and cultural impact on the world was so tremendous that the Japanese pride and its culture reflected in many Hollywood movies in the 80’s and the early 90’s movies.
	www.ferrum.edu /passport/Japanese.htm (1424 words)

	anti_du
		Japanese Government should not have such well-meaning citizens killed.
		We request that Japanese Government hold the regard for life to be of the
		Forces must be the sincere hope of the majority of the people, not only that
	www.thepowerhour.com /news/anti_du.htm (442 words)

	AsiaMedia :: The Diaoyutai-Senkaku Islands Dispute Reawakened
		The Japanese vessels were said to have fired water cannon on the Chinese vessels and to have injured one Chinese citizen.
		Japanese diplomats were taken aback and scrambled through back channels to find out exactly where the United States stood on this issue.
		Japanese cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Jun'ichiro Koizumi, make annual pilgrimages to the Yasukuni Shrine, a sore topic for many Chinese given the fact that the names of several war criminals are enshrined there.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=7523 (1779 words)

	The Japanese Self-Defense Force: Its Role and Mission in The Post-Cold War
		Currently, the Japanese are ranked number two in the world for their economy and they are ready to share greater responsibility of world peace and national security but are unable to assume the roles and missions because of the US Treaties and Japanese Constitution.
		Japanese academics, especially economists, are predominantly socialists, the Marxist tradition having taken root in the early part of this century.
		The Japanese government reached the conclusion that there was a need to reflect such changes in defense buildup as soon as possible, and it revised the MTDP as follows:32 (l) put off the implementation of some projects envisaged in the Program, and (2) strive to replace and modernize old equipment and to improve deficient capability.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1995/SK.htm (10633 words)

	Japan Defense Agency
		However, the term Defense Agency is used to denote an administrative organization responsible for the management, operation, etc., of the GSDF, MSDF and ASDF, while the term SDF is used to mean armed organizations that conduct unit activities for the defense of the nation and for other purposes.
		Japan's national defense policy has been based on maintaining the 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security with the United States, under which Japan assumed unilateral responsibility for its own internal security and the United States agreed to join in Japan's defense in the event that Japan or its territories were attacked.
		The internal bureaus, especially the Bureau of Defense Policy, Bureau of Finance, and the Bureau of Equipment, are often headed by officials from other ministries and are the main centers of power and instruments of civilian control in the Defense Agency.
	www.fas.org /irp/world/japan/jda.htm (3282 words)

	2003 JAPAN LAW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Japanese parliament in February 2004 authorized the dispatch of the Japanese Self Defense Forces to Iraq for peaceful reconstruction and humanitarian purposes.
		In fact in December, 2004 the government extended the stay of the Self Defense Forces in Iraq for another year, at the same time making it clear that the exit of the Japanese was likely to be timed together with the schedule of the Americans.
		One of the three Japanese kidnapped in April, 2004 and threatened with beheading, filed suit in the Tokyo District Court in June, 2004 also filed suit against the government claiming that his life was put in danger specifically because of the dispatch of Japanese troops to Iraq.
	www.japanlaw.info /law2004/JAPAN_LAW_2004_JAPANESE_ARMY_TO_IRAQ.html (325 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		The legislation followed a white paper released by the Japanese Defense Agency's Ground Staff Office, which posited an invasion of islands in the Ryukyu chain by an unnamed force, identified only as "Country X", either in conjunction with or as a prelude to an attack on "Country D", also not identified in the paper.
		Japanese defense sources, however, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Asia Times Online that "X" was China and "D" was Taiwan.
		Under such a scenario, the Japanese islands of Yoniguni, Miyako and Ishigaki would be invaded or attacked by Country X in an attempt to thwart intervention by US and Japanese forces.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FE28Ad05.html (1817 words)

	Japanese troops to help humanitarian work in Iraq: defense chief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Japanese troops to be sent to Iraq will focus on humanitarian work in the country's south where basic infrastructure had been long neglected during Saddam Hussein's rule, Japan's defense chief said Sunday.
		Japanese Self Defense Forces troops are likely to be sent to the southern Iraqi city of Samawa, which Tokyo considers relatively stable after studying a report submitted by a team of government investigators on the security situation there.
		The government is prohibited from sending troops to combat zones as Japan's post-war pacifist constitution, drawn up by the United States, bans the use of Japanese force as a means of settling international disputes.
	www.spacewar.com /2003/031207100609.z9fslgq3.html (388 words)

	Japan's Defense Guidelines
		Once again, the Japanese are struggling with phantoms of the past while trying to develop a strategy for future.
		The guidelines, an update to the 1978 bilateral defense agreement signed by Tokyo and Washington, would allow the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to support American troops in "areas surrounding Japan." What this means, exactly, is unclear, and hotly disputed by the political parties in the Diet.
		Your memory is astute; many Japanese opposed intervention in the Gulf War, and the Japanese Government opposed intervention on "Constitutional grounds." However...
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/politics_east_asia/17426 (533 words)

	Japanese military flags
		Japan 1913 and 1941: the ensign is the same as today, white with a red disc slightly to the hoist with rays (16 to be precise) extending from the disc to the edges of the flag.
		Graham is correct in noting that both the army and the navy had a version of the Rising sun flag (Hinomaru) with rays; the naval version was off-set, with the red sun closer to the lanyard side, while the army's version (which was part of the regimental colors) was more centered.
		The triangular pennant is in ratio between 1:40 and 1:90, with the hoist part in ratio 2:3, containing a simplified variant of the naval ensign - the sun disk being in its center, with diameter half the hoist size.
	flagspot.net /flags/jp^.html (726 words)

	J_navy-1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The ongoing Defense Guidelines debate does, however, provide Japanese legislators with a golden opportunity to discuss the larger question of Japan's role not only in assisting the U.S. in maintaining or restoring peace in areas surrounding Japan but also in defending itself under normal circumstances against a variety of potential military threats.
		The Self Defense Forces' authority to defend itself using all appropriate means against intruding ships, aircraft, or missiles should be clear and unambiguous.
		Meanwhile, Japanese legislators should also move expeditiously to approve the modest steps outlined in the Guidelines to enhance Japan's ability to promote and protect regional stability in cooperation with U.S. forces.
	menic.utexas.edu /~bennett/__338/J_navy-1.htm (853 words)

	Roundtable With Japanese Journalists
		The United States has to transform its forces because the force structure that we've had in Asia, and especially in Europe, was based on a model of a war that might break out that would involve the whole world against the communist empires- China and the Soviet Union.
		Anything that the Japanese forces might do outside of that context, such as what you're doing in Iraq now, or what you're doing on PSI or what you're doing in the Indian Ocean with us has to be a decision made by the Japanese people.
		The military, our military commanders, adjusted to that and rather than drawing down forces, as they thought they would be doing last fall and into this year, they have kept the force level high and they have increased the number of troops above the number of troops we had planned to have here.
	www.state.gov /secretary/former/powell/remarks/37356.htm (4325 words)

	Defense - Government - Japan - Asia
		Known today as the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF), Japan’s military was first established as the National Police Reserve in 1950.
		All police forces in Japan are controlled by the central government.
		In 1992 the Diet passed legislation permitting Japanese forces to participate in UN peacekeeping operations in noncombatant roles, and since then the SDF has taken part in several operations, including one to monitor a peace treaty signed in Cambodia in 1991.
	www.countriesquest.com /asia/japan/government/defense.htm (388 words)

	CNN.com - Japanese troops on aid, rescue mission - November 24, 2001
		Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, left, and Defense Agency Director General Gen Nakatani ahead of talks that cleared the way for Japanese troop involvement
		The Japanese warships and troops will be the first Japanese military contingent to help forces in combat since the end of World War II.
		A flotilla of three Japanese warships carrying several hundred sailors set sail for the region earlier this month, making good on the Japanese government's pledge to support U.S.-led forces in the war against terrorism.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/11/24/gen.japan.troops (301 words)

	U.S. Defense: Learning From Japan: Newsroom: The Independent Institute
		A reorganization of part of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Forces into U.S. Ground, Maritime, and Air Self Defense Forces committed solely to the homeland defense of its sovereign territory, would be far more effective in protecting the United States than the current Department of Homeland Security.
		However, were the Japanese Self Defense Forces paradigm to be adapted to U.S. homeland security, the United States would have a far more effective Department of Homeland Defense than it has today.
		The U.S. Self Defense Forces would be solely assigned to defend the United States from foreign and terrorist attacks, preserving border security, and coping with any other threats to the U.S. homeland such as natural disasters.
	www.independent.org /newsroom/article.asp?id=1523 (717 words)

	VEHICLES OF THE JAPANESE SELF DEFENSE FORCES
		The Japanese heavy tank, it was built with the intent of matching or exceeding the capacity of the Manchurian Type-27 Tank.
		The Japanese Hovertank in service at the time of the Central Asian war, it is of the same generation as that of the AC-8, it has design similarities with the LKPZ-VIII.
		The infantry debus via side doors, and it is not usually intended that the APC fight in support of the troops in the urban environment however it is armed in case it is necessary to extract the infantry under fire or if it is ambushed.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~dheb/2300/Asia/Japan/AMJVeh.htm (1676 words)

	Naval Forces of the Pacific Basin
		Throughout the Pacific Basin, Naval Forces are deployed to protect and further the foreign policy of nations in the Pacific Basin.
		These forces are deployed using ships that come in a wide range of sizes and capabilites.
		The South Korean Navy is a moderate size force capable of defending its territorial waters against the North Koreans.
	www.humboldt.edu /~pacbasin/Projects/Student1/Index.html (997 words)

	Jointness in the Japanese self-defense forces Joint Force Quarterly - Find Articles
		The ground self defense force (GSDF) continued to primarily look north, while the maritime self defense force (MSDF) tended to focus on sea lines of communication, extending southeast and southwest from Japan.
		The new defense guidelines adopted by Japan and the United States also have led to a common perception by all the services of potential threats to the region.
		For example, amendments to the defense agency establishment law, enacted in March 1999, have resulted in improvements in coordination of SDF components when the need arises for integrated operations in response to a crisis such as large-scale disasters.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0KNN/is_2000_Winter/ai_80305800 (828 words)

	United Press International - Security & Terrorism - BMD Focus: Japan's long road on BMD
		This striking omission was reported in the Japanese press less than two weeks after North Korea test-fired seven missiles on the same day on July 4 in the Sea of Japan, including the unsuccessful test launch of a Taepodong-2 intercontinental ballistic missile.
		U.S. and Japanese conventional forces have engaged in joint defense exercises for decades.
		Katsumata noted that even with Koizumi at the helm, the Japanese government and bureaucracy were not implementing the rapid-fire decision-making processes needed to make BMD inter-operability a tactical reality.
	www.upi.com /SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20060722-053139-9580r (937 words)

	Air Force Magazine
		Numerous bills passed by the Japanese Diet in recent years have relaxed restrictions on the deployment of the JSDF (albeit in noncombat roles), for instance, and focused on improved military preparedness.
		The JSDF troops in Iraq are engaged in noncombat reconstruction activities.
		Because of its defensive posture, the JASDF lacks significant precision air-to-ground capability for offensive operations, but its air superiority capabilities are tops in the region.
	www.afa.org /magazine/june2005/0605japan.asp (2761 words)

	japanese self defense forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		SEOUL -- Angry swells of South Koreans have protested at the Japanese Embassy here for more than a week, burning the flag of the Rising Sun and expressing emotions so deep that some demonstrators have cut off their fingers.
		Japan Self-Defence Forces is a military force in Japan that was established after the end of World War II.
		Japan's Self Defense Forces were called in to help free the injured, some of whom...
	www.self-defense-guide.net /japanese-self-defense-forces (446 words)

	2003 JAPAN LAW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The law permits the dispatch of Japanese Self Defense Forces to Iraq to non-combat areas to engage in humanitarian and reconstruction efforts as wells provide “logistic support” for US and British forces.
		The SDF can only use their weapons in self defense to protect themselves, colleagues or people under their supervision.
		Upon the passage of the law, the Secretary General of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party stated that party hoped to pass a permanent law spelling out the role of Self Defense Forces in post-conflict reconstruction efforts so that temporary special measures laws would no longer be necessary every time it gets involved in such endeavors.
	www.japanlaw.info /law2003/2003_IRAQ_MILITARY_DISPATCH_LAW.html (204 words)

	Recent Incidents Involving Japanese Self Defense Forces
		Violence by military forces is not necessarily an issue limited by nationality, as evidenced by this recent incident involving Japanese Self-Defense Forces.
		It is extremely rare for the Japanese central government to send top brass to apologize for illegal acts committed by military personnel.
		The move is widely seen as an attempt to prevent negative sentiment toward the military in Okinawa from further deteriorating after the spate of incidents involving U.S. military personnel stationed in the prefecture.
	www.uchinanchu.org /history/sdf_incident.htm (360 words)

	NAPSNet Daily Report, Wednesday, August 22, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		According to the local media, the official said that the adoption rate of the new textbook is less than 1 percent, which can be partly attributed to the ROK Government and people's persistent and rational effort.
		The official pointed out that Japanese right-wing groups have said that they will continue to compile history textbooks, to which the ROK Government will pay close attention.
		Japanese Ocean Defense Forces are reported to have had 4 Aegis frigates so far.
	www.nautilus.org /VietnamFOIA/archives/napsnet/dr/0108/AUG22.html (1805 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Japan did not withdraw its troops from Iraq
		The Japanese government says the troops are here on a strictly english.pravda.ru/main/18/88/354/12936_NGO.html ' target=_blank>humanitarian mission, charged with rebuilding schools and helping improve sewage drainage and water supplies.
		Though small, the Japanese deployment holds strong diplomatic significance for the Japanese government, which is pushing to transform its Self-Defense Forces into a real military and has lobbied for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, informs the NYTimes.
		Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon made an impassioned defense of his disengagement plan at the start of a crunch debate in Parliament Monday as 16 Palestinians were killed by troops More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/10/28/56839.html (1971 words)

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