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6th Division (Japan)

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6th Division
Active15 August 1962 – present
Country Japan
Branch Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
TypeInfantry division
Size7000
Part of North Eastern Army
Garrison/HQHigashine
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt. Gen. Akira Kawasaki

The 6th Division (第6師団, Dai-roku Shidan) is one of nine active divisions of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The division has been subordinated to the North Eastern Army and is headquartered at JGSDF Camp Jinmachi, in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, in northern Japan.[1] Its responsibility is the defense of Fukushima, Miyagi and, Yamagata prefectures.

The division was raised on 15 August 1962. The division contributed 500 troops to the Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group under the United Nations in 2004.

Watching march of the 51st anniversary of the 6th Division · 57th anniversary of the Kami Town Residential Area (June 23, 2013)

Organization

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JGSDF 6th Division organization in 2022

note 1: Infantry regiments have only battalion strength.

References

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  1. ^ "陸自第6師団、隊員18人を能登半島地震の被災地に派遣へ". やまがたニュースオンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
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