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By Naohiro Tamura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

15:21 JST, July 10, 2024

The Self-Defense Forces were established on July 1, 1954. In the past 70 years, the security situation around Japan has changed drastically, with the Soviet Union breaking apart and China now rapidly building up its military. This is the first installment in a series of articles reporting on the cur...

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