Japan Defense Forces - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Branches: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (army), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (navy), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (air force), Maritime Safety Agency (coast guard)

Military manpower: males 15-49, 31,702 000; 26,438,000 fit for military service; about 870,000 reach military age (18) annually

Personnel: Ground Self-Defense Force, 156,000; Maritime Self-Defense Force, 42,100 (including 11.900 air arm); Air SelfDefense Force, 43,400; Maritime Safety Agency, 11,200

Missiles: 6 operational NIKF-Hercules groups, 8 operational HAWK groups (NIKE in air force, HAWK in ground force)

Supply: defense industry potential is large, with capability of producing the most sophisticated equipment; manufactured equipment includes small arms artillery, armored vehicles, and other types of ground forces materiel, aircraft (jet and prop), naval vessels (submarines, guided missile and other destroyers, patrol craft, mine warfare ships, and other minor craft, including amphibious, auxiliaries, service craft, and small support ships), small amounts of all types of army materiel; several missile systems are produced under US license, and a vigorous domestic missile development program exists

Military budget: actual for fiscal year ending 31 March 1987, $16.7 billion; 7 8% of total budget

NOTE: The information regarding Japan on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Japan 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Japan 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.