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Japanese Self-Defense Forces

Japan Self-Defense Forces
日本国自衛隊
Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.svg
Service branches

Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.svg Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)
Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)

Flag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.svg Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief Prime Minister Shinzō Abe
Minister of Defense Tomomi Inada
Chief of Staff Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano
(Maritime)
Manpower
Military age 18
Available for
military service
27,301,443 males, age 16–49,
26,307,003 females, age 16–49
Fit for
military service
22,390,431 males, age 16–49,
21,540,322 females, age 16–49
Reaching military
age annually
623,365 males,
591,253 females
Active personnel 247,150 personnel (2015)
Reserve personnel 56,100 personnel (2015)
Expenditures
Budget $41 billion (2016)
$281.98 billion (2011-2015 period)
Percent of GDP 1%
Industry
Domestic suppliers Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Electric
NEC
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Toshiba
Fujitsu
Fuji Heavy Industries
Henderson Group
IHI Corporation
Nikon
Komatsu Limited
Japan Steel Works
Hitachi Ltd.
Daikin Industries
Oki Electric Industry 
ShinMaywa
Howa
Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Fujikura Parachute
NOF Corporation
Daicel Corporation
Foreign suppliers  United States
 United Kingdom
 Germany
 Italy
  Switzerland
 France
 Sweden
 Russia

Flag of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.svg Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)
Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)

The Japan Self-Defense Forces (自衛隊 Jieitai?), or JSDF, occasionally referred to as JSF, JDF, or SDF, are the unified military forces of Japan that were established in 1954, and are controlled by the Ministry of Defense. In recent years they have been engaged in international peacekeeping operations including UN peacekeeping. Recent tensions, particularly with North Korea, have reignited the debate over the status of the JSDF and its relation to Japanese society. New military guidelines, announced in December 2010, will direct the JSDF away from its Cold War focus on the former Soviet Union to a focus on China, especially regarding the territorial dispute over the Senkaku Islands.


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