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AbstractThe issue of "gender integration" within the military organization has long been a major research topic in military sociology. In the last two decades, however, specific topics such as "gender mainstreaming," "diversity management," and "diversity and inclusion" have pervaded sociological studies on military organizations. In this article, I examine the current state of gender integration in the Japan Self‐Defense Forces (JSDF), focusing on efforts to promote gender mainstreaming. In particular, following the National Action Plan to implement the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 was formulated in 2015, the Ministry of Defense issued the JSDF Female Personnel Empowerment Initiative in 2017, in which previous challenges for career development of female SDF personnel were to be removed by making virtually all job categories available for women including combat pilot, missile boat crew, and tank driver. While the number and ratio of female personnel have increased and their prospects of career development have substantially improved in the last few years, work–life conflict and sexual/power harassment remain to be challenging issues for the retention of female personnel. Due to the deep‐rooted male‐dominant organizational culture of the military organization, further organizational challenges remain for JSDF to shift its overarching human resource management paradigm from "Diversity 1.0" to "Diversity 2.0," with the strong commitment of top leaders to innovate organizational culture.

This book is the first ever to examine the Japan Self-Defense Forces Law by providing an historical overview of its passage, changes, and function in Japanese defense policy since its passage in 1954. It is also the first to provide a full English translation of the Law, incorporating all of the more than 160 changes that have been adopted to it. This book will be of immense importance to students, scholars, practitioners, and officials working with or interested in Japan's "military," a term that is recognized internationally but remains sensitive domestically.

Abstract Background The oral health of military populations is usually not very well characterized compared to civilian populations. The aim of this study was to investigate two physical oral health characteristics and one perceived oral health measure and their correlation in the Japan self-defense forces (JSDF). Methods Number of missing teeth, denture status, and OHRQoL as evaluated by the Japanese 14-item version of the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-J14) as well as the correlation between these oral health measures was investigated in 911 personnel in the JSDF. Results Subjects did not have a substantial number of missing teeth and only 4% used removable dentures. The mean OHIP-J14 score was 4.6 ± 6.7 units. The magnitude of the correlation between the number of missing teeth with OHIP-J14 scores was small (r = 0.22, p < 0.001). Mean OHIP-J14 scores differed between subjects with and without dentures (8.6 and 4.4, p < 0.001). Conclusions Compared to Japanese civilian populations, personnel of the JSDF demonstrated good oral health. Two physical oral health characteristics were associated with perceived oral health.

Cheung Mong. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-121). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; Acknowledgements --- p.iii ; Table of Contents --- p.iv ; List of Tables and Figures --- p.vi ; Abbreviations --- p.viii ; Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction: Why Different Policy Responses in Two Similar Crises? --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Central Question --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Main Argument --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.3 --- The Layout --- p.4 ; Chapter Chapter Two --- A Theoretical Framework for Analysis: The Concept of Strategic Culture --- p.6 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Competing Explanations --- p.8 ; Chapter 2.2 --- The Theory of Strategic Culture --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Defining Strategic Culture in this Research --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Research Method and Data --- p.37 ; Chapter Chapter Three --- The Dual Sources of Strategic Culture in Postwar Japan --- p.39 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Paradigm in the Ruling Level: Yoshida Doctrine --- p.40 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Paradigm in the Social Level: Pacifism --- p.47 ; Chapter 3.3 --- The Interaction between the Two Paradigms on Policy --- p.52 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Summary --- p.56 ; Chapter Chapter Four --- Japan's Responses to the Gulf Crisis: The Gap of Two Paradigms (1990-91) --- p.59 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Searching for a New Identity: Four Views to Japan's Security --- p.60 ; Chapter 4.2 --- The Two Competing Paradigms in the Eve of the Gulf Crisis --- p.65 ; Chapter 4.3 --- A Strategic Cultural Explanation to the Reluctant Response on Overseas Dispatch --- p.72 ; Chapter Chapter Five --- Japan's Responses to the Anti-Terrorism War: Moving towards An Unitary Paradigm (2001) --- p.82 ; Chapter 5.1 --- "Japan's Emerging New Identity: The Notion of ""the Normal Nation""" --- p.83 ; Chapter 5.2 --- Decline of the Pacifism --- p.92 ; Chapter 5.3 --- Japan after the 911: Sending the SDF Overseas --- p.98 ; Chapter Chapter Six --- Conclusion --- p.118 ; Chapter 6.1 --- Japan Between the Pacifist Nation and ...

"In 1947, Japan eternally renounced war and the possession of armed forces with its constitution. How, then, did the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) survive, moreover, evolve over the ensuing 70 years into the prominent presence it is today? Sado Akihiro reviews the JSDF's history chiefly from the viewpoint of restrictions imposed on it by civil officials of the national beaucracy, based on lessons gleaned from the arbitrary conduct of the military in pre-World War II days. He also explores the financial constraints placed on the JSDF in the form of a percentage of the GNP. This book traces the inside story of U.S.-Japan relations and Japan's defense policy. It attempts to shine a light on the true state of the JSDF in the midst of new challenges that put it at a crossroads, including post-9/11 international terrorism, North Korean nuclear development, and China's increased military presence in Asia"--Back cover

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