Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tarihin sojan Japan ya rufe lokaci mai tsawo na sama da shekaru dubu uku - daga Jōmon (1000 BC) zuwa yau. Bayan dogon lokaci na yaƙe-yaƙe na dangi har zuwa ƙarni na 12, yaƙe-yaƙe na mulkin mallaka ya biyo baya wanda ya kai ga gwamnatocin soja da aka sani da Shogunate. Tarihin Japan ya rubuta cewa rukunin sojoji da Shōgun sun yi mulkin Japan na shekaru 676 - daga 1192 zuwa 1868. Shōgun da mayaƙan samurai sun tsaya kusa da saman tsarin zamantakewar Jafananci - kawai masu daraja ne kawai suka fi su. Manufar sakoku ta rufe Japan daga tasirin ƙasashen waje na shekara 212 - daga 1641 zuwa 1853. Sojojin mulkin mallaka sun koma mulkin mallaka a karni na 19 bayan zuwan Admiral Perry a 1853 da kuma daukaka Sarkin Meiji a 1868. Ikon mulkin mallaka na Yammacin Turai da manufofinsu na mulkin mallaka sun yi tasiri a kan hangen nesa na Japan kuma ya haifar da mulkin mallaka na Japan da kuma mulkin mallaka na mulkin mallaka (1895-1945) har sai da Japan ta ci nasara
a yakin duniya na biyu. Tsarin Mulkin Japan na 1947 ya hana Japan yin amfani da yaƙi da wasu ƙasashe. Wannan ya haifar da kafa sojojin tsaron Japan a shekarar 1954. Hadin gwiwar Amurka da Japan (daga 1951 zuwa gaba) yana buƙatar Amurka ta Amurka don kare Japan da aiwatar da ayyukan kai hare-hare. A cikin 2015 An sake fassara Kundin Tsarin Mulki don ba da izinin haɗin kai na abokan haɗin Japan.