Military ranks and insignia of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
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| Japan Self-Defense Forces | |
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| Military manpower | |
| Military age | 18 years of age |
| Availability | males age 18-49: 27,003,112 (2005 est.) |
| Fit for military service | males 22,234,663 (2005 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually | males: 683,147 (2005 est.) |
| Military expenditures | |
| Dollar figure | $45.841 billion (2004) |
| Percent of GDP | 1% (2004) |
Since the end of the United States occupation of Japan after the Second World War, the Japanese imperial military had been dissolved. These graphs present the ranks of the Japanese Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force which have replaced the imperial military since 1952. The 1938 - 1945 Japanese military ranks have been outdated since the end of World War II. The Self Defense Force breaks away from the Sino-centric tradition of non-branch-specified ranks, each SDF rank with respect to each service carry a distinguished Japanese title, though equivalent titles in different branches are still quite similar, differing only in the use of the morphemes riku (ground) for the army ranks, kai (sea) for the naval ranks, and kuu (air) for the aviation ranks.
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[edit] Ground Self-Defense Force
Ranks are listed with the lowest rank at the bottom right corner and advances to the left, wrapping to the right-most side at the next line up. The highest rank is at the top left.
[edit] Maritime Self-Defense Force
Ranks are listed with the lowest rank at the bottom right corner and advances to the left, wrapping to the right-most side at the next line up. The highest rank is at the top left.
[edit] Air Self-Defense Force
Ranks are listed with the lowest rank at the bottom right corner and advances to the left, wrapping to the right-most side at the next line up. The highest rank is at the top left.
