Military ranks and insignia of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
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| Service branches | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
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| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18 to 27 years of age |
| Available for military service |
27,003,112 males, age 18–49 (2005 est.), 26,153,482 females, age 18–49 (2005 est.) |
| Fit for military service |
22,234,663 males, age 18–49 (2005 est.), 21,494,947 females, age 18–49 (2005 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually |
683,147 males (2005 est.), 650,157 females (2005 est.) |
| Active personnel | 239,000 (ranked 21st) |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $44.3 billion (2005) |
| Percent of GDP | 1% (2004) |
After the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy were dissolved by the United States during the occupation of Japan. 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 The 1938–1945 Japanese military and naval ranks have been outdated since the end of World War II.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
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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.
