Japan Self-Defense Forces: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	JSDF
Date	1954 - present
Areas Of Involvement	defense

Photos

Flag of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force featuring a red sun with eight red and white rays on a square field bordered in gold.

Flag of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force featuring a red sun with sixteen red rays extending outward on a white background.

JSDF briefing in Kyushu, 1956

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Izumo sails away from its Yokosuka Base in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Japanese and Philippine troops, displaying the Japanese flag and holding with their firearms, pose for photographs during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of the annual Balikatan joint military drills in Philippines.

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