Post War Relations
As the newly formed constitution would not permit Japan to defend itself, the U.S. had to take on that task. Communist threats in the Cold War were taken very seriously. Thus, the United States arranged the first of many security agreements with Japan. In the treaty Japan allowed the United States to base army, navy and air force personnel in Japan for its defense. The JDSFs were mainly apart of police forces due to the constitutional restrictions. Nevertheless, they completed missions alongside American forces in the Middle East during the War on Terror. The United States also began returning parts of the Japanese islands back to Japan for territorial control.