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Military branches	Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Coast Guard Administration, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Combined Service Forces Command, Armed Forces Police Command

Military service age and obligation	19-35 years of age for compulsory military service; service obligation 16 months (to be shortened to 14 months as of July 2007 and to 12 months in 2008); women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; reserve obligation to age 30 (2007)

Manpower available for military service	males age 19-49: 5,883,828 females age 19-49: 5,680,773 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service	males age 19-49: 4,749,537 females age 19-49: 4,644,607 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually	males age 18-49: 174,173 females age 19-49: 163,683 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures percent of gdp	2.2% (2006; to increase to 2.85% in 2007)

Disputes international	involved in complex dispute with China, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, and possibly Brunei over the Spratly Islands; the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding code of conduct desired by several of the disputants; Paracel Islands are occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam; in 2003, China and Taiwan became more vocal in rejecting both Japans claims to the uninhabited islands of the Senkaku-shoto (Diaoyu Tai) and Japans unilaterally declared exclusive economic zone in the East China Sea where all parties engage in hydrocarbon prospecting