Reference Table of Contents Part I Security Environment Surrounding Japan Reference 1. Reference 2. Reference 3. Reference 4. Reference 5. Reference 6. Reference 7. Post-World War II Armed Conflicts.................................................................................449 Major Nuclear Forces .......................................................................................................455 Performance of Major Ballistic and Cruise Missiles ........................................................455 List of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Currently Underway ...........................457 Outline of Major Countries and Regional Military Power (Approximate Numbers).......458 Outline of Regular and Reserve Forces of Major Countries and Regions (Approximate Numbers) ...................................................................................................459 Outline of Changes in Military Power in Countries and Regions Surrounding Japan .....460 Part II The Basics of Japan’s Defense Policy Chapter 1 The Basic Concepts on Japan’s Defense Policy Reference 8. Written Answers to the Questions by Representatives Seiichi Inaba on the Constitution, International Law and the Right of Collective Self-Defense (submitted on May 29, 1981) —Excerpt— ......................................................................461 Reference 9. Written Answers to the Questions by Representative Muneo Suzuki on the Right of Self-Defense (submitted on May 11, 2007) —Excerpt— ............................................461 Reference 10. Basic Policy for National Defense....................................................................................462 Chapter 2 The National Defense Program Guidelines and Build-Up of Defense Capability Reference 11. National Defense Program Guidelines, FY 2005- ............................................................462 Reference 12. Mid-Term Defense Program (FY 2005-2009)..................................................................469 Reference 13. Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary ........................................................................475 Reference 14. Cost of Major Programs in FY 2007 ................................................................................478 Reference 15. Major Equipment to be Procured in FY 2007...................................................................481 Reference 16. Number of Tanks and Major Artillery Owned, Performance Specifications ...................483 Reference 17. Number of Major Aircraft and Performance Specifications.............................................484 Reference 18. Number of Major Ships Commissioned into Service, with Performance Specifications and Data ............................................................................................................................485 Reference 19. Guided Missile Specifications ..........................................................................................486 Reference 20. Pattern of Defense-Related Expenditures (Original Budget Basis)..................................488 Reference 21. Changes in Major Areas of Expenditures on General Account Budget (Original Budget Basis) ....................................................................................................489 Reference 22. Changes in Composition of Defense-Related Expenditures (Original Budget Basis)......490 Reference 23. Trend of Defense Expenditures in Major Countries.........................................................492 Chapter 3 Transition to a Ministry and Stipulation of the International Peace Cooperation as SDF’s Primary Mission Reference 24. Congratulatory Speech by Guest at Ceremony Held to Mark the Transition from the Defense Agency to the Ministry of Defense...............................................................493 Reference 25. Congratulatory Speech by Guest at Ceremony Held to Mark the Transition from the Defense Agency to the Ministry of Defense...............................................................494 — 446 — Reference Part III Measures for Defense of Japan Chapter 1 Operations of Self-Defense Forces for Defense of Japan, Disaster Relief and Civil Protection Reference 26. Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary on the Joint Japan-U.S. Technical Research on the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)...........................................................................497 Reference 27. Preparation of Ballistic Missile Defense System, etc. ......................................................498 Reference 28. Statement of the Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan on the Cabinet Decision, “On Introduction of Ballistic Missile Defense System and Other Measures”..................500 Reference 29. Statement by the Chief Cabinet Secretary “Japan-U.S. Cooperative Development of Advanced SM-3 Missile for Ballistic Missile Defense” (tentative translation) ...........501 Reference 30. Emergency-Response Procedures Concerning Measures to Destroy Ballistic Missiles or Other Objects as Stipulated under Article 82-2, Paragraph 3 of SDF Law..................502 Reference 31. Main Operations of the Self-Defense Forces....................................................................505 Reference 32. Statutory Provisions about the Use of Armed Force and Weapons by SDF Personnel and Units ...........................................................................................................................509 Reference 33. Basic Guidelines for the Protection of the Civilians (Outline).........................................512 Reference 34. Highlights of the Civil Protection Plan of the Ministry of Defense and Defense Facilities Administration Agency ................................................................520 Chapter 2 Strengthening of the Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements Reference 35. Japan-U.S. Joint Declaration on Security: Alliance for the 21st Century ........................521 Reference 36. Joint Statement U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee.........................................525 Reference 37. U.S.-Japan Alliance: Transformation and Realignment for the Future ............................527 Reference 38. United States-Japan Security Consultative Committee Document Joint Statement.........535 Reference 39. United States-Japan Roadmap for Realignment Implementation.....................................537 Reference 40. Efforts by the Government of Japan regarding Realignment of U.S. Force Structure in Japan and Others...........................................................................................................541 Reference 41. Joint Statement of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee U.S. Department of State ..................................................................................................542 Reference 42. Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation ..............................................................547 Reference 43. Record of Japan-U.S. Joint Exercises in FY 2006............................................................555 Reference 44. The Three Principles on Arms Export, etc. ......................................................................557 Reference 45. Outline of 23 Issues ..........................................................................................................558 Reference 46. The SACO Final Report ...................................................................................................559 Chapter 3 Improvement of International Security Environment Reference 47. Basic Plan regarding Response Measures Based on the Special Measures Law for Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance in Iraq .................................................564 Reference 48. Humanitarian and Reconstruction Activities etc. by the Self Defense Forces after the Restoration of Sovereignty of Iraq..............................................................................570 Reference 49. Basic Plan based on the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law......................................571 Reference 50. The SDF Record in International Peace Cooperation Activities ......................................577 Reference 51. Record of Main Bilateral Defense Exchanges (Last Five Years).....................................580 Reference 52. Record of Major Multinational Security Dialogues (Asia-Pacific Region, Last Five Years) ............................................................................582 Reference 53. Dispatch of the Ministry of Defense Personnel to International Organizations (Last Five Years) ..............................................................................................................582 — 447 — Chapter 4 Citizens of Japan, the Ministry of Defense and the SDF Reference 54. Authorized and Actual Strength of Self-Defense Personnel ............................................583 Reference 55. SDF Personnel: Applications and Recruitment (FY 2006) ..............................................583 Reference 56. SDF Personnel: Applications and Recruitment (FY 2006) ..............................................584 Reference 57. The Ethos of SDF Personnel.............................................................................................584 Reference 58. Outline of the SDF Educational System ...........................................................................586 Reference 59. Exchange Student Acceptance Record (FY 2006) ...........................................................587 Reference 60. Change in Equipment Volumes Procured, by Procurement Method................................588 Reference 61. Public Opinion Survey on the SDF and Defense Issues (The Government Public Information Office, Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Office: This survey was conducted in February 2006)..............................................................................................................588 Reference 62. Record of Information Disclosure by the Defense Agency (FY 2006) ............................592 Reference 63. Outline of Measures to Improve the Living Environment in the Areas Surrounding Defense Facilities..............................................................................................................592 Related Articles for Reference (Reference 64 to 76) ......................................................................593 Defense Chronology ....................................................................................................................................598 — 448 —