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Japanese Armed forces

Japan
Population
124,840,000
Military budget
53.1 billion $
Active personnel
247,150
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Tokyo
Area: 377,944 km2
Population: 124,840,000
Etnic groups: Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
Religions: Shintoism 79.2%, Buddhism 66.8%, Christianity 1.5%, other 7.1%

Military branches

(Japan Self-Defense Forces - 自衛隊) Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jieitai, GSDF), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jieitai, MSDF), Air Self-Defense Force (Koukuu Jieitai, ASDF).

Military service

18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; mandatory retirement at age 53 for senior enlisted personnel and at 62 years for senior service officers.

Military expenditures

Military budget
53.1 billion $
Percent of GDP
1.2

Manpower

Active personnel
247,150
Reserve
56,100
Available
27,301,443

Land Forces

Tanks
1,004
AFV
3,072
Artillery
623
Self-propelled guns
214
Rocket artillery
99
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

TypeNameNumber
Type 10 103
Type 90 341
- Type 74 560

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle 8
Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle 4
Type 89 120
- Type 82 231
- Type 87 111
- Komatsu LAV 1818
- Type 73 338
- Type 96 365

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
Type 99 111
- M110 91
- Type 19 12

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
M270 99
- Type 96 Multi-Purpose Missile System -
- Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile -

Air Forces

Total aircraft
1,444
Fighters
155
Multirole
79
Attack
0
Helicopters
698
UCAV (combat drone)
0
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
F-15 Eagle 155

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Mitsubishi F-2 62
F-35 Lightning II 17

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
Boeing AH-64 Apache 12
Bell AH-1 Cobra 88
- Kawasaki OH-1 38
- OH-6D 106
Boeing CH-47 Chinook 75
UH-60 Black Hawk 199
Bell UH-1 153
- AgustaWestland AW101 12
- Enstrom 480 12
- Eurocopter EC 225 3

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- -

Navy

Total naval
140
Aircraftcarriers
4
Destroyers
36
Frigates
2
Corvettes
6
Submarines
22
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
Izumo-class 2
- Hyūga-class 2

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
Murasame-class 9
- Asagiri-class 8
- Maya-class 2
- Takanami-class 5
- Akizuki-class 4
- Asahi-class 2
- Kongō-class 4
Atago-class 2

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- Mogami-class 2

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Abukuma-class 6

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Sōryū-class 12
- Oyashio-class 9
- Taigei-class 1

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.