Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Defense Minister Tomomi Inada review an honor guard at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Defense Minister Tomomi Inada review an honor guard at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.
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sf2k
how can they all be EXACTLY the same height???
Yubaru
It's an illusion really, heel inserts, adjusting the hats they wear, any number of tricks.
Personally speaking if I was the dude with the sword I would be having fantasies about how to use it on the guy walking next to me!
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warispeace
With your Americentrism, why would you understand that the with the far superior weaponry that the US, Japan and South Korea have, the state that is under the greater threat is NK.
albaleo
In an article in yesterday's JT, there was this part:
So who are these guys? JASDF, JMSDF, or JGSDF?
Monozuki
@sf2kSEP
The chances were very high that they had consciously gotten guards with the same height together. ;‑)
OssanAmerica
In the now defunct Imperial Japanese Army, officers were permitted to wear swords into combat. They were in fact given choice of a Nihon-to (gun-to) or a western saber, with many opting for the former. Today's JSDF officers do not wear swords. The photo is for a ceremonial guard and the swords today are used strictly for ceremonies and parades.
albaleo
@OssanAmerica
Thanks. I'd assumed the sword was ceremonial. But it still seems at odds with the previous article about swords in an emblem. Ceremonies and emblems are similar in that they are generally symbolic things. Is there any ceremonial occasion where katana are used?
gaijinfo
With their army of professional models, the J-Force should be able to handle NK.
OssanAmerica
Not in the JSDF. During WWII an officer would hand over his sword(katana) to the enemy in a surrender ceremony. Some squadrons of Tokkoutai (Kamikaze pilots) used Tantos (short ones) in a ceremony before taking off on a one way mission.
MsDelicious
I see a sword.