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The Imperial Japanese Army and Navy were decommissioned, and the U.S. Armed Forces took control of Japanese military bases until a new government could be formed and positioned to reestablish authority. Allied forces planned to demilitarize Japan, and the new government adopted the Constitution of Japan with a no-armed-force clause in 1947.
The Japan Self-Defense Forces ( JSDF, Japanese: 自衛隊; Hepburn: Jieitai ), also known as the Japanese Armed Forces, are the unified military forces of Japan. Established in 1954, the JSDF comprises the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
The facility which houses Yokota Air Base was originally constructed by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) in 1940 as Tama Airfield, and used as a flight test center. During World War II Yokota became the center of Japanese Army Air Forces flight test activities and the base was the site of the first meeting between Japanese and Italian wartime allies.
Misawa is the only combined, joint service installation in the western Pacific. It houses three U.S. military services (Air Force, Navy, and Army), as well as the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The base is home to 5,200 US military personnel, as well as 350 US civilian employees and 900 Japanese national employees.
Lockheed F-104J Starfighter. Mitsubishi F-1. Fuchu Air Base (府中基地, Fuchū Kichi) is a Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) base located in Fuchū, Tokyo. It was originally an Imperial Japanese Army base from 1940 to 1945. After the Japanese surrender it was occupied by US forces and became a US military base known as Fuchu Air Station.
2011. Garrison information. Garrison. 600 soldiers (2016) [ 1] The Japan Self-Defense Force Base Djibouti ( Japanese: ジブチ共和国における自衛隊拠点, Hepburn: Jibuchi Kyouwakoku ni okeru Jieitai Kyoten) is a military base operated by the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) located in Ambouli, Djibouti alongside the Djibouti ...
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ( Japanese: 陸上自衛隊, romanized : Rikujō Jieitai ), JGSDF (陸自, Rikuji), also referred to as the Japanese Army, [ 3] is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service branches. New military guidelines, announced in December ...
Type: Military Base: Site information; Controlled by: Japan (1870s–1945) United States (1945–present): Site history; Built: 1870: In use: 1870–present: Battles/wars: Served as support in naval battles during World War II Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Korean War, Vietnam War