Part ⅡPart Japan’s Security and Defense Policy Ⅱ Organizations Responsible for Japan’s Security and Defense Chapter 2 Organizations of the MOD/SDF To fulfill their mission of defending Japan, the MOD/SDF consists of various organizations, mainly the Ground, Maritime, and Air Self-Defense Forces as armed forces. Location of Principal SDF Units (for illustrative purposes) (As of March 31, 2019) Organizational Chart of the Ministry of Defense Cabinet Ministry of Defense; Joint Staff Office; Ground, Maritime and Air Staff Office Prime Minister Ground SelfDefense Force Wakkanai Army Headquarters Minister of Defense Northern Air Defense Force Rebuntou Ground Component Command Headquarters (and Eastern Army Headquarters) 2nd Division Division Headquarters / Brigade Headquarters Northern 5th Brigade Army Sapporo Obihiro Makomanai Chitose Higashi Chitose Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Helicopter Brigades Parliamentary Vice-Ministers of Defense (two) Vice-Minister of Defense for International Affairs Private Secretary of the Minister of Defense Erimo 11th Brigade Okushiritou Self-Defense Fleet Headquarters Yozadake Mineokayama 15th Brigade Tateyama Yonagunijima Miyakojima DEFENSE OF JAPAN 2020 Regional Defense Bureaus (eight) Kisarazu Yokosuka Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency Atsugi Funakoshi Naha Narashino Ichigaya External Organ Asaka Nerima Yokota Inspector General’s Office of Legal Compliance Iruma Local Bureaus Hyakuri Kumejima Provincial Cooperation Offices Takahatayama Kanoya Southwestern Air Defense Force Okinoerabujima SDF Regional Hospitals 8th Division Nyutabaru Southwestern Air Defense Force SDF Central Hospital *Excluding temporary or special positions Kushimoto Kure District Defense Intelligence Headquarters Air Staff Office Omaezaki Cooperative Organization SDF Physical Training School Kasatoriyama Kita Kumamoto Western Army 23 Maritime Staff Office Kengun Senzo 3rd Division 14th Brigade 4th Division Senkaku Islands Ground Staff Office Middle Army Kure Zentsuji Ichigaya Moriyama Cooperative Units Self-Defense Forces (SDF) Supervised Units of Communication Systems Fukuoka Seburiyama Tsuiki Ainoura Kasuga Shimokoshikijima Defense Council Kaitaichi Itami Units and organizations of the Air Self-Defense Force Gifu Maizuru Yokosuka District Central Air Defense Force Units and organizations of the Maritime Self-Defense Force Mishima Iwakuni 1st Division Kyogamisaki 10th Division Takaoyama 13th Brigade Units and Organizations Somagahara Units and organizations of the Ground Self-Defense Force Western Air Defense Force Komatsu SDF Intelligence Security Command Eastern Army Maizuru District Unishima Otakineyama 12th Brigade Takeshima Omura 6th Division Wajima Aircraft Control and Warning Units (Radar Site) Sasebo Joint Staff Surface-to Air Guided Missile Units National Institute for Defense Studies Sado Attached Organizations National Defense Medical College Sendai Fighter Units Institutions Defense Personnel Review Board Jinmachi Air Defense Force Headquarters Councils, etc. Central Council on Defense Facilities Yamada 9th Division Air Defense Command Headquarters Bureau of Personnel and Education Air SelfDefense Force Bureau of Local Cooperation Northeastern Army Kamo Bureau of Defense Buildup Planning Hachinohe Principal Air Bases (Helicopter Units) Bureau of Defense Policy Principal Air Bases (Fixed-wing Aircraft Units) Minister’s Secretariat Misawa Aomori National Defense Academy Internal Bureaus Ominato Principal Naval Bases SDF Ethics Review Board Ominato District Headquarters District Fukuejima Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense Nemuro 7th Division Maritime SelfDefense Force Sasebo District Special Advisers to the Minister of Defense (up to three people) Abashiri Asahikawa Tobetsu Airborne Brigades National Security Council State Minister of Defense Senior Adviser to the Minister of Defense