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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 The post Japan’s military recruitment crisis in an age of rearmament appeared first on Asia Times.

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