Military power of Japan & Belarus
Japan vs Belarus
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.
More about Japan militaryBelarus is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 207,595 km2 (land boundries: 3,599 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Belarus is Minsk. The number of inhabitants is 9,349,645.
Belarus has close security ties with Russia. In 2022, Belarus allowed Russian military forces to stage on its territory during its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is the principal supplier of arms to Belarus, and Belarusian troops reportedly train on Russian equipment. The inventory of the Belarus Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Russian andSoviet-origin equipment, and since 2010 Russia is the leading provider of arms. Belarus's defense industry manufactures some equipment (mostly modernized Soviet designs).
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Military expenditures
JP | BY | |
---|---|---|
Military budget: | 51 billion $ | 0.9 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 1.2% | 1.2% |
Manpower
JP | BY | |
---|---|---|
Active personnel: | 247,150 | 63,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 56,100 | 344,750 |
Available for military: | 27,301,443 | 2,500,000 |
Land Forces
JP | BY | ||
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Tanks: | 1,004 | 652 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 3,072 | 1,871 | |
Total artillery: | 623 | 1,041 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 214 | 440 | |
Rocket artillery: | 99 | 371 |
Air Forces
JP | BY | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 1,444 | 199 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 155 | 34 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 79 | 4 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 67 | |
Helicopters: | 698 | 68 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
JP | BY | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total naval: | 140 | 0 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 4 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 36 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 2 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 6 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 22 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Japan
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Belarus
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
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.
Belarus
18-27 years of age for compulsory military or alternative service; conscript service obligation is 12-18 months, depending on academic qualifications, and 24-36 months for alternative service, depending on academic qualifications; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.