Table 1 Overseas military missions of Germany (UN, NATO, EU) and Japan (UN, US led) since 1990
From: Reluctant civilian world powers? How nationalism threatens the soft power image of Japan and Germany
Germany | Japan | |
|---|---|---|
1991 | Minesweepers Persian Gulf to support US war effort in Iraq | |
1992/1993 | Cambodia UNTAC mission | Cambodia UNTAC mission |
1993/94 | UN mission Somalia | UN mission Mozambique |
UN Golan Heights observer mission | ||
1999-as of this date | NATO led mission (Kfor) in Ex-Yugoslavia | |
2001–2010 | Maritime refueling logistic support for the US in the Indian Ocean | |
2004 | Troops stationed from 2003 to 2007 in Iraq in support of US war against terror | |
since 2006 | UN led mission in Libanon | |
since 2008 | UN led mission in Darfur (Sudan) | |
EU Atalanta mission Somalia | ||
Since 2009 | Maritime anti-piracy support in the Gulf of Aden (Somalia) | |
Set up permanent military base in Djibouti | ||
Since 2011 | UNMIS mission in South Sudan | UNMIS mission in South Sudan |
2002–2014 | ISAF-Nato mission in Afghanistan | |
since 2012 | Nato active fence mission in Turkey | |
since 2015 | Nato resolute support force in Afghanistan | |
Military advisers in Iraq | ||
Germany sends Tornado jets against IS | ||
from 2016 | Increase German contingent in Mali up to 700 soldiers | |
Peak number abroad at one point in time | 4,000 (10,000 up to 2002) | 600 |
Total number dispatched | 380,000 | 9,300 |
total number of missions | 56 | 13 |
killed in action | 103 | 0 |
Updated status 2016 | At present, Germany has a total of 3.364 soldiers abroad on various missions (thereof PKO total: 200) | At present, Japan contributes a 272-strong engineering unit to the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan |