Japanese People's Army

Japanese People's Army
Nippon jinmin gun (日本鮮人民陸軍)
The flag of the Japanese People's Army The flag of the Japanese People's Army
Founded	12 February 1950
Service branches	File:Flag of the Japanese People's Army.svg Korean People's Army Ground Force Artillery Guidance Bureau North Japanese Special Forces Group
Headquarters	Sapporo, Democratic People's Republic of Japan
Leadership
Honorable Marshal of the Japanese People's Army	Masanichi Kaneshiro
Minister of People's Armed Forces	Vice Marshal Hironobu Sakagawa
Chief of the General Staff	Vice Marshal Takeshi Imahara
Manpower
Conscription	17 years of age
Available for military service	7,830,466 males, age 17-53 (2008 est.), 5,678,935 females, age 17-53 (2008 est.)
Fit for military service	4,810,831 males, age 17-53 (2008 est.), 4,853,270 females, age 17-53 (2008 est.)
Reaching military age annually	194,605 males (2008 est.), 187,846 females (2008 est.)
Active personnel	1,106,000< (2010)
Reserve personnel	8,200,000(2010)
Deployed personnel	2,300,457
Industry
Annual exports	$ 100 mln.
Related articles
Ranks	Ranks of the Japanese People's Army

The Japanese People's Army (JPA) (Kanji: 日本鮮人民陸軍, Romaji Nippon Jinmin Rikugun) is the official ground army of the Democratic People's Republic of Japan. It was founded on February 12, 1950 from the last remaining remnants of the Imperial Japanese Armywho had surrendered to the Soviet Union. The current de facto leader of the armed forces of North Japan is Premier Masanichi Kaneshiro. The JPA is split into the Japanese People's Ground Force, theArtillery Guidance Bureau, and the North Japanese Special Forces Group. In wartime, the JPA is under the joint control of Kaneshiro and the Socialist Japanese People's Senate.