page_title: 1st Division (Japan)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Division (Japan) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Title 第１師団創立５１周年及び練馬駐屯地創設６２周年記念行事・観閲行進（４月１４日、練馬駐屯地）.JPG Album Events and Public Relations (イベント・行事・広報活動等) 第１師団創立５１周年及び練馬駐屯地創設６２周年記念行事・観閲行進
context_page_description: The 1st Division is one of nine active divisions of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The division is subordinated to the Eastern Army and is headquartered at Camp Nerima in Nerima, Tokyo. Its responsibility is the defense of Tokyo and the Chiba, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Saitama, Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.
context_section_description: The division was raised on 18 January 1962 but dates back to the 1st District Corps (Tokyo) of the then National Police Reserve formed in 1950 and reformed in 1962 as an Infantry Division.
caption: Watching march of the event of the 62nd anniversary of Nerima Gemini founding 51st anniversary of the founding of the 1st Division (April 14, 2013)
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