Japan’s military recruitment crisis in an age of rearmament

Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. On June 15, Japanese opposition lawmaker Chikage Koga said during a committee meeting in the upper house that children from economically disadvantaged families enlist in the Self-Defense Forces (SDF), while children from well-off families do not. Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi objected, calling the remark prejudiced and unacceptable. Koga […]

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