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Japan

East Asia & Pacific · Tokyo

Rank #11 of 173

73.7Strength score

Photos

U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944
U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944U.S. Army · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
IJN supply ship NOZAKI in 1941
IJN supply ship NOZAKI in 1941Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
105 Polish Air Force MiG-29A Fulcrum ILA Berlin 2016 10
105 Polish Air Force MiG-29A Fulcrum ILA Berlin 2016 10Julian Herzog (Website) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

  • Finance90
  • Air power73
  • Manpower84
  • Land forces75
  • Naval power85
  • Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget
$62.2B #10
Budget as % of GDP
1.41% #101
Spending per person
$504 #46
GDP
$4.44T #4
Population
123,366,734 #12

Manpower

Active personnel
247,150 #23
Reserve personnel
55,900 #24
Paramilitary
14,800 #32
Total personnel
317,850 #30

Land forces

Tanks
734 #21
Armoured vehicles
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Self-propelled artillery
193 #18
Towed artillery
480 #20
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
99 #21

Air power

Total aircraft
1,429 #6
Fighter jets
217 #13
Attack aircraft & bombers
47 #10
Transport aircraft
53 #20
Helicopters
583 #6
Attack helicopters
118 #4

Naval power

Total naval vessels
82 #16
Aircraft carriers
0
Helicopter carriers
4 #3
Submarines
23 #6
Destroyers
41 #3
Frigates
8 #18
Corvettes
0
Patrol vessels
6 #43

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
0

Weapons Japan uses (256)

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IILockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIFighter aircraft Hughes AH-64 ApacheHughes AH-64 ApacheAttack helicopters McDonnell Douglas F-15 EagleMcDonnell Douglas F-15 EagleFighter aircraft McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIMcDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIFighter aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 109Messerschmitt Bf 109Fighter aircraft MQ-9 ReaperMQ-9 ReaperReconnaissance aircraft Lockheed F-104 StarfighterLockheed F-104 StarfighterFighter aircraft Lockheed P-3 OrionLockheed P-3 OrionMaritime patrol aircraft Mitsubishi F-2Mitsubishi F-2Fighter aircraft Grumman E-2 HawkeyeGrumman E-2 HawkeyeReconnaissance aircraft Nakajima Ki-27Nakajima Ki-27Fighter aircraft RIM-161 Standard Missile 3RIM-161 Standard Missile 3Surface-to-air missiles

Weapons made in Japan (278)

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Aichi D3AAichi D3ABombers Type 90 TankType 90 TankMain battle tanks Nakajima B5NNakajima B5NBombers Mitsubishi G4MMitsubishi G4MBombers Type 10Type 10Main battle tanks Yamato-class battleshipYamato-class battleshipAircraft carriers Nakajima Ki-84 HayateNakajima Ki-84 HayateFighter aircraft Kawasaki Ki-61 HienKawasaki Ki-61 HienFighter aircraft Type 95 Ha-GoType 95 Ha-GoLight tanks Kaiten-class human torpedoKaiten-class human torpedoTorpedoes Kawanishi N1KKawanishi N1KFighter aircraft Aichi B7A RyuseiAichi B7A RyuseiBombers

Others in the region

  1. 3China93.9 VS
  2. 6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.4 VS
  3. 7Korea, Rep.77.9 VS
  4. 17Viet Nam69.4 VS
  5. 22Thailand67.5 VS
  6. 23Indonesia67.4 VS
  7. 25Myanmar66.4 VS
  8. 26Singapore65.8 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); Global Firepower 2026 inventory lists (equipment) · Year 2026 · ↗