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The JSDF's first postwar overseas base was established in Djibouti (July 2010). [40] On 18 September 2015, the National Diet enacted the 2015 Japanese military legislation, a series of laws that allow Japan's Self-Defense Forces to defend allies in combat. The JSDF may provide material support to allies engaged in combat overseas.
New military guidelines, announced in December 2010, direct the Japan Self-Defense Forces away from their Cold War focus on the Soviet Union to a new focus on China, especially in respect of the dispute over the Senkaku Islands. [4] The JGSDF operates under the command of the chief of the ground staff, based in the city of Ichigaya, Shinjuku ...
Introduced to the JSDF in 2002, it is used by snipers, [14] the 1st Airborne Brigade [15] and Special Forces Group. [16] Being replaced by the HK417. [9] HK417, G28 E2 Designated marksman rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: 182 to be order in 2024 for $6.88 million. The intention to purchase a total of 900 of these rifles. [9] Successor of the M24 ...
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 ...
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]
The Special Forces Group (特殊作戦群, Tokushu-sakusengun) is the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's special forces unit established on March 27, 2004.. Their mission is infiltration into enemy territory, reconnaissance, sabotage, and hostage rescue, [2] and conducting military operations against guerrillas or enemy commandos.
The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (水陸機動団, Suirikukidōdan) [5] is a marine unit of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) responsible for conducting amphibious operations. The ARDB is based at Camp Ainoura in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture.
The Chief of Staff, Joint Staff (Japanese: 統合幕僚長, Hepburn: Tōgō Bakuryō-chō), formerly known as the Chairman of the Joint Staff Council from 1954 to 2006, is the highest-ranking military officer and head of the overall Operational Authority (command) over the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and its three service branches: the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Japan Maritime ...