Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 31,549,081 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 27,107,305 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 835,296 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $48.5 billion (FY96/97)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (FY96/97)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai group occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, now administered by Russia, claimed by Japan; Liancourt Rocks disputed with South Korea; Senkaku-shoto (Senkaku Islands) claimed by China and Taiwan ______________________________________________________________________
JARVIS ISLAND
(territory of the US)