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The Arab League (League of Arab States) is a regional organization in the Arab world. the League has 22 members, but Syria's participation has been suspended since November 2011. Current members: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The Joint Defence Council of the Arab League is one of the Institutions of the Arab League. The Arab League as an organisation has no military Force but they establish a peacekeeping force.

Japan is a country located in Eastern Asia with an area of 377,944 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 29,751 km). The capital of Japan is Tokyo. The number of inhabitants is 125,360,000.

The current Self Defense Force was founded in 1954. Japan has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the USA. Approximately 55,000 US troops and other military assets, including aircraft and naval ships, were stationed in Japan and had exclusive use of more than 80 bases and facilities. In exchange for their use, the US guarantees Japan’s security. The JSDF is equipped with a mix of imported and domestically-produced equipment. The majority of its weapons imports are from the US and some domestically-produced weapons are US-origin and manufactured under license.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 121.1 billion $ 53.1 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.2%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 1,680,550 247,150
Reserve personnel: 1,567,000 56,100
Available for military: 68,012,996 27,301,443

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 7,992 1,004
Armoured fighting vehicles: 33,885 3,072
Total artillery: 9,970 623
Self-propelled artillery: 2,372 214
Rocket artillery: 2,169 99

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 3,859 1,444
Fighter aircraft: 185 155
Multirole aircraft: 603 79
Attack aircraft: 314 0
Helicopters: 1,446 698
UCAV (combat drone): 52 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 493 140
Aircraftcarriers: 2 4
Destroyers: 0 36
Frigates: 25 2
Corvettes: 30 6
Submarines: 8 22

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

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Data not available

Japan

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

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Data not available

Japan

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.