Italy
18 years of age (2004)
Jamaica
18 years of age for voluntary military service; younger
recruits may be conscripted with parental consent (2001)
Japan
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Jordan
17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription
at age 18 was suspended in 1999, although all males under age 37 are
required to register (2004)
Kazakhstan
18 years of age for compulsory military service;
conscript service obligation - 2 years; minimum age for volunteers
NA (2004)
Kenya
18 years of age (est.) (2004)
Korea, North
17 years of age (2004)
Korea, South
20-30 years of age for compulsory military service;
conscript service obligation - 24-28 months, depending on the
military branch involved; 18 years of age for voluntary military
service; some 4,000 women serve as commissioned and noncommissioned
officers, approx. 2.3% of all officers; women, in service since
1950, are admitted to seven service branches, including infantry;
excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps (2005)
Kuwait
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service
(2001)
Kyrgyzstan
18 years of age for compulsory military service (2001)