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  2. Japan Self-Defense Forces - Wikipedia

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    The JSDF's self-defence system is known as Jieitaikakutōjutsu (meaning Japan Self-Defense Force Combatives or Self-Defense Forces martial arts.) The first system was adopted in 1959, based on the bayonet and knife techniques used during Imperial Army times with an added hand-to-hand combat curriculum based on Nippon Kempo and Tomiki-Ryu Aikido ...

  3. List of equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

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    Japanese version of Kevlar PASGT helmet, replacing Type 66 helmet. Combat Bullet-Proof Vest Bullet-proof vest The first body armor to be fully introduced by the Japan Self-Defense Forces in 1992. It is one piece of equipment adopted as part of the combat wear set, and is modeled after the US military's PASGT. Type 2 bullet-proof vest

  4. List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships

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    A JMU representative told Jane's 360 that while the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force did not have a current requirement for an LHD-type amphibious assault ship of any kind to join the JMSDF's Self Defense Fleet, the Japan Marine United Corporation still expected the JMSDF to eventually issue such a requirement in the near future, with the JMU ...

  5. Japan Ground Self-Defense Force - Wikipedia

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    The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) use a significantly different variation of the Rising Sun Flag with red, white and gold colors. [23] It has 8-rays and an 8:9 ratio. [24] The edges of the rays are asymmetrical since they form angles at 19, 21, 26 and 24 degrees. [24]

  6. The female marines Japan is training for war - AOL

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    Women make up only 8.7% of the 230,000 strong Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), half the rate of the U.S. military, and only 1.6% of the ARDB, which was activated in 2018.

  7. Japan Air Self-Defense Force - Wikipedia

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    The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Japanese: 航空自衛隊, Hepburn: Kōkū Jieitai), JASDF (空自, Kūji), also referred to as the Japanese Air Force, [2] is the air and space branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace, other air and space operations, cyberwarfare and electronic warfare. [3]

  8. Ranks and insignia of the Japan Self-Defense Forces

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    The Self-Defence Force breaks away from the Sino-centric tradition of non-branch-specified ranks; each JSDF rank with respect to each service carries a distinct Japanese title, although equivalent titles in different branches are still similar, differing only in the use of the morphemes riku (ground) for the army ranks, kai (maritime) for the ...

  9. She dreamed of defending Japan. Instead, her fellow soldiers ...

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    When Gonoi served in Japan’s Self-Defense Force (JSDF), she says she endured physical and verbal sexual abuse on a daily basis for more than a year, and vowed when she left the force in June ...