JAPAN Ground Self-Defense Force ( JGSDF ) - 8th Division ( Infantry ), Artillery units sleeve patch.
( Japanese: 第8師団 ).
Silk embroidery on cloth base.
The- 8th Division is one of nine active divisions of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The division is subordinated to the Western Army and is headquartered in Kumamoto. Its responsibility is the defense of the Kagoshima, Kumamoto and Miyazaki prefectures.
The division was raised on- 18 January- 1962.