1st Airborne Brigade, at Camp Narashino in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture 5th Brigade, at Camp Obihiro in Obihiro, responsible for the defense of North Eastern Hokkaidō 11th Brigade, at Camp Makomanai in Sapporo, responsible for the defense of South Western Hokkaidō 12th Brigade (Air Assault), at Camp Soumagahara in Shintō, responsible for the defense of Gunma, Nagano, Niigata and Tochigi prefectures. 13th Brigade, in Kaita, responsible for the defense of the Chūgoku region. 14th Brigade, in Zentsūji, responsible for the defense of Shikoku.