What are Japan's armed forces?

Answer 1

I am not sure which era you are asking about. During World War II, for example, Japan was part of the Axis, along with Germany and Italy. Japan's military was capable of delivering devastating attacks: in fact, the Imperial Japanese Navy mounted a surprise assault on a US naval base at Pearl Harbor (in Hawaii) in December 1941 that led the United States to enter the war. After Japan and the other axis powers were defeated in 1945, their Imperial Military was dismantled. Japan subsequently established a new military-- called the Japan Self-Defense Forces, which were mainly empowered with maintaining peace and order, rather than embarking on any aggressive maneuvers against other countries. These days, Japan's current prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has gradually begun to spend more money on purchasing new military equipment and enhancing the country's defense, although certainly not to the degree that was seen during World War II.