Breakdown Of Japan Defense Spending

Japan agreed to NOT have a military when the new constitution was written after their loss in WWII. Japan is however permitted to have a self-defense force.

There are three branches to their self-defense support:

1. Air Self-Defense

2. Maritime Self-Defense

3. Ground Self-Defense

In the past five years the defense budget has declined thought the % of general account budget has remained consistent at 5.9%

The Ground Self-Defense Force gets almost 38% of that budget.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force gets 22.6%.

The Air Self-Defense Force gets 23.1%.

The breakdown by department is as follows:

6. Facility expenses – 2.9%

5, R % D – 2.7%

4. Base Relief measure  10.3%

3. Equipment and material purchase – 18.6%

2. Maintenance – 19.0%

1. Personnel and provisions – 44.6%

Of course, Japan’s neighbor often wonder if Japan is doing TOO much in the name of Self-Defense. The US for its part wishes Japan would do more so they (US) wouldn’t have to carry so much of the weight in the area.

What do you think?