Northern Army

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formation of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force regional army command

The Northern Army is a regional command of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force responsible for the defense of Hokkaido and Japan’s northern approaches.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Army canonical	2
Northern Army Artillery	1
Northern Army Intelligence units	1
Northern forces	1
北部方面隊	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	formation of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ⓘ regional army command ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
engagesIn	bilateral and multilateral training with foreign militaries ⓘ joint exercises with other Self-Defense Force branches ⓘ
foundedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Hokkaido ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Northern Army (JGSDF) ⓘ Northern Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 北部方面隊
hasAllegiance	Japan ⓘ
hasAreaOfResponsibility	Hokkaido ⓘ surface form: Hokkaido region of Japan Japan’s northern approaches and nearby sea/air approaches ⓘ
hasComponent	11th Brigade ⓘ 2nd Division ⓘ 5th Brigade ⓘ 7th Division ⓘ Northern Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Army Artillery Northern Army Aviation Group ⓘ Northern Army Engineer Group ⓘ Northern Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Army Intelligence units Northern Army Logistic Support units ⓘ Northern Army Medical units ⓘ Northern Army Signal Group ⓘ Northern Army Special Forces-type or rapid reaction elements ⓘ
hasLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
hasRole	deterrence ⓘ disaster relief support ⓘ support to civil authorities in emergencies ⓘ territorial defense ⓘ
hasType	army-level regional command ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Sapporo ⓘ surface form: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
legalBasis	Japan Self-Defense Forces Act ⓘ surface form: Japan Self-Defense Forces Law
militaryBranch	Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ⓘ
notableFocus	armored and mechanized warfare ⓘ cold-weather operations ⓘ
operatesIn	Hokkaido ⓘ Northern Japan ⓘ
partOf	Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ⓘ
primaryMission	defend Hokkaido against external aggression ⓘ secure Japan’s northern approaches ⓘ
responsibleFor	defense of Hokkaido ⓘ defense of Japan’s northern approaches ⓘ
subordinateTo	Ground Staff Office (Japan) ⓘ surface form: Ground Staff Office of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Japan Ministry of Defense ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defense of Japan
usesEquipmentType	air defense systems ⓘ armored fighting vehicles ⓘ helicopters ⓘ main battle tanks ⓘ self-propelled artillery ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force → component → Northern Army ⓘ

Northern Army → hasComponent → Northern Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Army Artillery

Northern Army → hasComponent → Northern Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Army Intelligence units

Northern Army → hasAbbreviation → Northern Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 北部方面隊

Federal Army → alsoKnownAs → Northern Army ⓘ

Northern Army → alsoKnownAs → Northern Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern forces