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A member of the Japan Self-Defence Forces, chatting with Edrienne L. Carpenter, Mrs United States 2004,

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A member of the jieitai (trans. Japanese; also known as the Japan Self-Defence Forces, JSDF) chats with Edrienne L. Carpenter, Mrs United States 2004, during a visit to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. [Image: Official Website for the United States Marine Corps.]

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Japan

Japan (officially Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean 'sun-origin', which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the 'Land of the Rising Sun'.

The Japan Self-Defense Forces (自衛隊, Jieitai), or JSDF, are the military forces in Japan, which were established after the end of the post-World War II American occupation of Japan. For most of the post-war period the forces were confined to the islands of Japan and not permitted to be deployed abroad. In recent years, however, they have been engaged in international peacekeeping operations.

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