Background and overview

Necessity of border guard organization

Japan does not have the “Emergency Law”, the provisions for the army = Self-Defense Forces to act during the war or semi-war. The emergency law system was finally discussed in the Diet in 2002, but it seems that it will take time to develop a reasonable emergency law as it has been released for more than 50 years.
This scenario takes up the idea of ​​reorganizing the Japan Coast Guard into a “national guard” like a border guard. At first glance, it may seem strange, but the coastline is already recognized as a paramilitary by other countries, and is also a police organization. Because it is a police organization, it can also be used to conduct inspections and arrests for ships that were impossible with the SDF. Therefore, it is suitable for acting in a very wide gray zone between normal times and wartime.
In fact, after the December 2001 sunk ship off Amami and a suspicious ship (craft ship), the Liberal Democratic Party has issued a plan to separate the coastline from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to become a “maritime police”. Similar opinions were also raised during the reorganization of ministries and agencies during the Hashimoto Cabinet period. The police introduced more than 1000 MP5 sub-machine guns that were previously hesitant about being beyond legitimate defense in 2001, despite the name of the World Cup security in June 2002. Who could have predicted three years ago?
) Detailed discussions are avoided, but the emergency law has to create an enormous amount of laws and takes time. On the other hand, no major legal revisions are required to make the coast guard a border guard, and personnel and equipment can be transferred from the Self-Defense Forces and prefecture police. Even if there is a conflict with neighboring countries, it is a “police organization”, so it is not an “exercise of force” and it cannot be overlooked that it does not conflict with the constitution.
In other countries, there are many such organizations for border disputes and maintaining national security throughout the country. Examples include French Gendarmari (national military police) and German border guards. In countries where the borders are landless, if an army emerges suddenly in a border conflict, it often has such a buffering organization because the conflict is likely to escalate into a major war.

Possible National Guard organization

The history of the National Guard expected in this scenario and the outline of the organization are as follows. However, it should be noted that the detailed number of formations and equipment contents are not completely reproduced on the scenario or map in this game due to the nature of the game.
-Suspicious ship incidents frequently occur in the seas near Japan, machine guns are used in conflicts between foreign criminal organizations, and many officers also appear in police officers, the Japanese government is based on the Japan Coast Guard, police And tried to survive the situation by creating a border guard organization that bridged between the SDF and the SDF.
If the new organization is based on the Japan Coast Guard, the establishment of newly required laws will be minimal. Therefore, the government separated the Japan Coast Guard from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and renamed it “National Guard” and put it under the Cabinet Office.
In order to cover not only the sea but also the nationwide security of the islands and the mainland, land units and air units were expanded, and part of the personnel equipment was transferred from the Self-Defense Forces and the police. .
Originally, there were only local police in Japan, and there was no national police or wide-area police organization covering the whole country like FBI in the United States. For this reason, the “National Police Bureau”, which plays the role of the National Police, was established inside the guard.
[At this time, the government tried to upgrade the Defense Agency to the Ministry of Defense, but because of the intense opposition of the opposition party, it was left as the Defense Agency in the Cabinet Office for the time being, and this upgrade plan was postponed.
The National Guard is organized as follows.

National Guard dispatch / suspicious ship violence

The North Korean threat continues

Even after the Korean War ceased in July 1953, North Korea did not give up the north-south integration by force, built a southward tunnel for invasion, attacked the Korean Presidential Office, It has caused various terrorist incidents. However, this movement has been perceived as a significant threat not only in South Korea but also in neighboring countries and related countries in Asia, especially in Japan and the United States, where North Korea is hostile.
Nuclear weapons that are expected to be mounted on the Nodon ballistic missile launched in May 1993 to the Sea of ​​Japan, and the Tepodon ballistic missile launched in August 1998 over the Japanese archipelago. Over 70 suspicious ship incidents such as development allegations, March 1999 off the Noto peninsula, escaping suspicious ship, December 2001, off Amami, suspicious ship sunk, etc. There are so many times that there is no spare time for ignoring the Japanese abductions, etc.
This dangerous movement has been inherited by Kim Jong Il, the son who succeeded him after the death of national leader Kim Il Sung in July 1994 after the end of the Cold War.

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For the past few years, North Korea, which has been in danger of a national collapse due to the worsening economic crisis, has already reached its limit on the methods used for threatening negotiations and diplomacy cards through detailed work activities.
Therefore, what appeared as a trump card was the acquisition of enormous post-war compensation from the Pyongyang Declaration of Japan and Japan, which was concluded in the morning of Prime Minister Koizumi's visit on September 17, 2002.
However, in Japan, only the abduction case was closed up, and public opinion was hardened. The situation that I could not withdraw assistance from Japan continued. For this reason, in 200X, North Korea, which has been packed, mobilized a large number of armed work boats, such as being confused by refugee boats heading to South Korea and Japan, or pretending to be fishing boats in operation.・ Began to strengthen foreign currency acquisition means to smuggle drugs etc. with work boats. Finally, a group with a clearly different purpose started to land in Japan.
Currently, dozens of suspicious ships from the Sea of ​​Japan approach Japan, especially the Noto Peninsula, Sado Island, and Niigata coasts, and some of them have already landed on the beach, and the crew seems to be hiding in the country. In some cases, police officers who questioned foreigners who appear to be crew members were shot with automatic rifles and seriously injured.
“These suspicious ships are the sellers who abandoned the country. Some of them may be armed. Some of them may be armed. It may include special affairs officers, military affairs, etc. who ran into paranoid and heroic violence, but the Japanese government is not directly involved, ”he commented.
However, the Japanese government reveals the distrust that many refugee ships have started to aim at Japan at the same time. The fact that many refugees are actually provided with weapons has inspired the involvement of North Korean authorities. According to information from the National Police Bureau, it has been found that many refugees are members of the 10th Special Forces, which is said to be the world's largest and loyal.
In the affected area, there are two nuclear power plants and there is a possibility of destructive work, so evacuation advice was issued to residents around the nuclear power plant. Although it is unconfirmed information, after occupying these refugees with important facilities such as nuclear power plants, they will negotiate with the Japanese government under the surface of the water, call on them to withdraw and return to Japan, and seek appropriate assistance in exchange for their success. This is because North Korean authorities reported the existence of operations. In other words, it is a reckless but effective strategy that takes the nuclear power plant as a hostage.
The government is unable to deal with the situation with the police, and even if the SDF is dispatched to the defense, the emergency legislation is not in place, and it will further stimulate the North Korean side by mobilizing the "army" . He recently ordered a new organization, the National Guard, organized by the Japan Coast Guard, to suppress the situation.

About maps

“Armed refugees” land mainly on Sado Island and Noto Peninsula. The guard set up a response headquarters in Niigata City to deal with these “armed refugees”.
In order to prevent their further inland penetration, actively use air force such as P-3C Kai / O. In addition, there are a large number of camouflaged fishing boats disguised as subsequent refugee ships. If you can, you want to destroy them before landing.
Some of the enemies include the special submarine Yugo as a support ship, but it should be noted that the attack is only effective against P-3C Kai / Ko.
Please note that Sado Island is reproduced somewhat larger on the map in terms of games.

National Guard dispatched, Takeshima recapture operation

Historical background of the Takeshima territory issue

Another territorial issue alongside the northern territory that praises Russia and the Senkaku Islands that praise China and Taiwan is the Takeshima (Korean name, Dokdo) issue contested with South Korea. By the way, Takeshima itself is a small island of only 0.23 square kilometers centered on two reefs, but the surrounding Yamato bank is a good fishing ground, and in recent years the possibility of submarine resources has been rumored.
Now, as for the territorial rights of Takeshima until the Meiji era, the reality is that it has been changing two times. In 1618, the Edo Shogunate gave Yonago residents the right to develop Ulleungdo (Ulurung Island), and Takeshima was used as its port of call. In 1696, the Shogunate turned Ulleungdo into Korean territory. And cognition. Takeshima has been used by both Japanese and Korean fishermen after 80 years of Japanese rule during that period, without any particular territory. However, in 1877, the Meiji government declared that both Ulleungdo and Takeshima were not Japanese territories, but then officially declared territory in 1905. However, the Korean governor's office was already in place at that time, and South Korea was being deprived of substantive sovereignty, so the Korean claim is that the declaration itself is invalid.
After the Second World War, Japan and South Korea confronted each other over interpretation of GHQ (Allied Command) memorandum regarding border drawing. Yes.

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From around 2001, South Korea designated Takeshima as its national quasi-national park and began to strengthen its effective control.
However, the designation of the quasi-national park was suddenly canceled here. Cut down Takeshima like a rocky mountain to start leveling, and the area of ​​the island has been expanded by bringing in not only the crushed earth and sand but also South Korea. According to appropriate sources, the current area of ​​Takeshima is a few times larger than before, and the entire island is almost flat. Moreover, full-scale port facilities and airfield infrastructures have been developed, and factories and apartment houses have been constructed.
Furthermore, it seems that the number of armed police, who are guards, has been increased significantly. In addition, information that troops of unprecedented scale are being gathered on Ulleungdo Island located in the northwest of Takeshima.
The Japanese government has protested South Korea's “development” because it has designated Takeshima as a quasi-national park in order to compete with South Korea, but the Korean government has completely ignored it.
South Korea has fallen into social and economic instability in the form of being dragged by the crisis in the north due to urgent assistance to North Korea just before the collapse and the influx of refugees. It seems to be related to countermeasures.
According to the Japanese National Bureau of Investigation, although not confirmed, there is information that a huge palladium vein was found on the seabed near Takeshima. Rare metal palladium, which is indispensable for the manufacture of electronic devices such as mobile phones, has been rising in demand, but new mineral veins have not been discovered and the price has soared.
It is speculated that the South Korean government is trying to acquire other submarine resources and fishery resources in earnest by taking full-scale territory of Takeshima, which has been illegally occupied, with the aim of seizing submarine resources while keeping this discovery secret. Moreover, it seems to be behind the fact that the smoldering dissatisfaction with the government in Korea has been passed on.

About maps

Takeshima is a small island in the middle of the Sea of Japan, just between Korea's Ulleungdo and Ulki Islands in Japan.
In this map, both Japan and South Korea will struggle across the island, but there is a considerable distance to the rear, and it is inevitable that the logistics will become unstable. How quickly we advance to the market and how efficiently we can send reinforcements after that will be the difference between winning and losing.
By the way, the actual Takeshima is a collection of small reefs that are unlikely to be able to establish a large-scale facility, but here we assume that the Korean side has expanded the land part considerably in order to improve gameplay is there.