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Japan's military: well-armed

[image]Japan has a standing military of about 225,000 personnel, about one-tenth of China’s and one-fifth of North Korea‘s, but bigger than that of Britain.
[image]Japan’s military is equipped with advanced and costly combat gear such as destroyers fitted with the Aegis ballistic missile defense system, which were deployed earlier this year in response to North Korea’s rocket launch.
[image]Its latest procurement includes Lockheed Martin’s F-35 stealth fighter jets, which cost 10.2 billion yen ($123 million) apiece.
[image]Japan, the only nation to have suffered nuclear attacks, has a self-imposed ban against owning nuclear weapons and relies on the nuclear umbrella of the United States, its close security ally. Operating under a pacifist constitution, the SDF does not own attack-oriented aircraft carriers or long-range bombers.
[image]Japan’s defence budget fell for the 10th straight year to 4.65 trillion yen ($59 billion) for the current fiscal year ending in March 2013, reflecting the constraints of Japan’s huge public debt, which is the worst among industrialized nations at twice the size of its annual economic output.
[image]In contrast, the defence budget of China nearly doubled to 650 billion yuan ($102 billion) over the past five years.
[image]Article 9 of Japan’s 1947 Constitution renounces the right to wage war to resolve international disputes and bans the maintenance of a military.
[image]But the article has been stretched not only to permit the maintenance of armed forces for self-defence, but to allow overseas military activities -- including deployment in 2004 of troops on a non-combat mission to Iraq.
[image]Conservative politicians want to change Japan’s gun-shy policies, a desire that has intensified due to concerns about North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs and China’s emergence as a regional power.
[image]Washington has also pressed Tokyo to take a bigger role in ensuring global security.
[image]Japan last year eased its self-imposed ban on arms exports, in a step to create new markets for its defence contractors and facilitate cross-border cooperation in development of military equipment and technology.
[image] Not one Japanese soldier has been killed--or has killed anybody--in combat since the end of World War II. Instead of an "Army," "Navy" and "Air Force," Japan has "Self-Defense Forces." There are Ground Self-Defense Force personnel (equivalent to the army), Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel (equivalent to the navy) and Air Self-Defense Force personnel (equivalent to the air force).
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FalllenAngel · 31-35, F
those animes on the airplanes...

gotta love that, never change japan.. never change
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Does Japan want the USA to close US military bases in Japan?
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@SakuraShimeji Do you think PM Abe has told this to President Trump?
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@Glassysky I wasn’t aware of this feeling for the US military.
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MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Because Japan LOST ww2 they have a limited military,due to a surrender.
MenzernaSF4000 · 36-40, M
Whats the pointo this article?? Its more like general awareness...🤔
Biffed · 26-30, M
war is hell

 
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