2023 Volume 43 Pages 285-295
This paper clarifies the SDF's own evaluation and sense of issues surrounding disaster relief based on an online survey conducted on the Ground Self-Defense Force's units that conduct on-site response (companies), which play a central role in disaster relief. The survey indicated that the SDF's disaster relief deployment provides a wide range of support in Japan's current disaster response, and in this sense the SDF is indispensable in disaster response; on the other hand, the heavy use of the SDF in disaster relief may have a certain impact on training plans. In such a situation, it is important for the SDF to have a regular exchange and cooperation between the basic local governments and the units of the district in which they operate, and to cooperate with them in case of emergency.
