Ministry of Defense (Japan)
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The Ministry of Defense is an executive department of the Government of Japan responsible for preserving the peace and independence of Japan, and maintaining the country's national security and the Ja
The Imperial Japanese Army Academy in Ichigaya, Tokyo (市ヶ谷陸軍士官学校), built by the second French Military Mission to Japan, on the ground of today's Ministry of Defense (1874 photograph)
General Hiroaki Uchikura, the Chief of Staff, Joint Staff
Japan Self-Defense Forces
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The Japan Self-Defense Forces are the military forces of Japan. The JSDF comprises the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The
Ministry of Defense (Japan)
…of the Government of Japan responsible for preserving the peace and independence of Japan, and maintaining the country's national security and the Japan Self-Defense Forces. The ministry is headed by the Minister of Defense, and is the largest ministry in the Japanese government. The ministry is headquartered in Ichigaya…
National Police Reserve, 3 May 1952
The Japanese Ministry of Defense
JS Kongō (DDG-173) firing a Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missile to intercept a target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on December 17, 2007
JGSDF soldiers during a training exercise