some kid at my school said that japan has no military, so i was just wondering if its true or not.
2006-08-22 10:58:22 · 11 answers · asked by im back still 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
no they do not. they do have a small "security defense force though."
they are forbidden to have a military because of their Constitution does not allow it.
the Japanese chose not to have a military, per se, because of World War 2
they did not want the militaristic politicians to gain power again
2006-08-22 11:04:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not very likely to happen. Japan's constitution, wrote after WWII, prohibits Japan's military from going any where outside of Japan. Our presence there is a security blanket for them. If we pulled out the economy on Okinawa would collapse. U.S troops, family members, and civilian contract jobs pump billions into the economy of just that one island.
2016-03-27 01:32:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has no military but it does have defense force. This is not a military force but it has tanks, assault helicopters,fighters and bombers and a whole lot of men in the same clothing marching in step. But its not a military. Oh by the way it helped occupy Iraq but it was only defending Japan I'm sure.
2006-08-22 18:17:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We wrote their constitution at the end of WWII. The US didn`t want a repeat of their behavior and didn`t allow them to have a military other than a small self defense force. We guaranteed their defense and until recently they were not allowed to expand any military forces beyond that. They now have a real army, Airforce, and Navy.
2006-08-22 12:31:28 · answer #4 · answered by Gone Rogue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Japan has what is called the Japan Self-Defense Forces, with about 200000 members in three branches. They haven't been in any real combat situations but has been in some international peace-keeping forces. Apparently its limited role of national defense and maintaining peace internationally does not violate the renouncement of war in the Japanese Constitution.
2006-08-22 11:11:02 · answer #5 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They are called Self defense force.
And actually the budget in Japan is not small among Asia, and high tech fortified.
http://www.strategypage.com/fyeo/howtomakewar/databases/armies/ea.asp
Japan can not do preemptive attack according to the constitution.
2006-08-23 03:16:50 · answer #6 · answered by Joriental 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of their fierce fighting, their war crimes and the fact they nearly did us all in during worldwar II the allies had them sign a treaty that they would never again have a standing military.
unfortunately, the current u.s. administration has been encouraging them and other of our defeated enemies of ww II to once again build up a military.
bad idea indeed, i would say.
but then, again, it seems like there are quite a few bad ideas coming out of our government these days.
i only hope we all survive the next few years.
2006-08-22 14:08:01 · answer #7 · answered by craig g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have a military. during the problems with north korea, the japanese navy went cruising around to check up on things.
2006-08-23 12:07:43 · answer #8 · answered by bad guppy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes, in fact they had some soldiers in Iraq for a while.
2006-08-22 11:07:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are forbidden, by international constitution (thanks to the loss in WWII), from maintaining an offensive military. they are allowed to have a defensive force to protect themselves.
2006-08-22 11:05:42 · answer #10 · answered by JuJitsu_Fan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋