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'This week's program will tell the story of how the
Japanese people have learned, and are learning, the basic principles of a more "
Democratic" way of life.'
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The Big Picture" episode TV-319
The Big Picture
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US National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces
The
Japan Self-Defense Forces (自衛隊
Jieitai), or
JSDF, occasionally referred to as
JSF or
SDF, are the unified military forces of
Japan that were established after the end of the post–
World War II. In recent years they have been engaged in international peacekeeping operations. Recent tensions, particularly with
North Korea, have reignited the debate over the status of the JSDF and its relation to
Japanese society. New military guidelines, announced in
December 2010, will direct the Jieitai away from its
Cold War focus on the
Soviet Union to a focus on
China, especially regarding the dispute over the
Senkaku Islands...
History
Early development
Deprived of any military capability after
1945, Japan had only the
U.S. occupation forces and a minor domestic police force on which to rely for security.
Rising Cold War tensions in
Europe and
Asia, coupled with leftist-inspired strikes and demonstrations in Japan, prompted some conservative leaders to question the unilateral renunciation of all military capabilities. These sentiments were intensified in
1950 as occupation troops began to be moved to the
Korean War (1950–53) theater... Encouraged by the
American occupation authorities, the
Japanese government in July 1950 authorized the establishment of a
National Police Reserve, consisting of 75,000 men equipped with light infantry weapons.
Under the terms of the
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and
Security between the
United States and Japan,
United States forces stationed in Japan were to deal with external aggression against Japan while
Japanese forces, both ground and maritime, would deal with internal threats and natural disasters. Accordingly, in mid-1952, the National Police Reserve was expanded to
110,000 men and named the
National Safety Forces. The
Coastal Safety
Force, which had been organized in 1950 as a waterborne counterpart to the National Police Reserve, was transferred with it to the National Safety
Agency to constitute an embryonic navy.
On July 1, 1954, the
National Security Board was reorganized as the
Defense Agency, and the National Security Force was reorganized afterwards as the
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (
Army), the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (
Navy) and the
Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Air force). The enabling legislation for this was the 1954
Self-Defense Forces Act [Act No. 165 of 1954]...
On June 8,
2006, the
Cabinet of Japan endorsed a bill elevating the Defense Agency (防衛庁) under the
Cabinet Office to full-fledged cabinet-level
Ministry of Defense (防衛省). This was passed by the
Diet in
December 2006...
On May 30th,
2013,
Defense, under the ruling
Liberal Democratic Party (
LDP), approved the draft of the full-scale rearmament of the country. This would also cause the renaming of the Japan Self-Defense Forces into that of a full army of national defense...
Valery Kistanov, director of the
Center for the
Japanese Studies at the
Institute of the
Far East, believes that Japanese offensive weapons could be deployed in any direction. "Of course, first of all Japanese weapons would be directed against the
DPRK, and then China. Japanese missile defense system is ramping up its power due to the increasing missile and nuclear forces in China.
Either way the country will continue to spend billions of dollars on the military industry. According to Japanese political analysts and politicians, it is primarily due to the situation on the
Korean peninsula and growth of
China's military. These two factors are considered a threat by Japan, and therefore the country will actively rearm."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force
...The
JASDF had an estimated 50,324 personnel in 2013, and as of 2013 operates 769 aircraft, of which approximately 373 are fighter aircraft...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Ground_Self-Defense_Force
...The
JGSDF numbered around
150,000 soldiers in 2008...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force
...The
JMSDF has a fleet of 124 ships and 373 aircraft...
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