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TOKYO (AFP) – A recent open day at a Japanese military base near Tokyo was a fun family outing but, despite the games and snacks, the army recruitment stand was bereft of visitors. “This is the reality. The festival is always packed but no one comes,” confessed one of the two soldiers on duty, unwanted […]
Japan 'recruits just about anybody because no one expects an actual armed conflict', said Kimura, the former paratrooper.
A recent open day at a Japanese military base near Tokyo was a fun family outing but, despite the games and snacks, the army recruitment stand was bereft of visitors.The army is even reportedly considering allowing recruits with tattoos -- markings traditionally associated with "yakuza" gangsters.
Since 1990 the strength of Japan’s Self-Defence Forces has fallen by more than 7 per cent to under 230,000. The last time its recruitment objective was met was in 2013.
A recent open day at a Japanese military base near Tokyo was a fun family outing but, despite the games and snacks, the army recruitment stand was bereft of visitors.