Editing Bell UH-1 Iroquois (section)

===Japan===
[[File:JGSDF International disaster relief activities in Pakistan.jpg|thumb|A [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force|JGSDF]] Bell-Fuji UH-1H conducting [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|Kashmir earthquake]] relief activities (2005)]]
[[File:JGSDF UH-1H & Type87 mine dispenser 20110109-01.JPG|thumb|Japanese UH-1H armed with Type 87 mine dispenser]]

In 1960, Subaru made an agreement to produce the HU-1B for Japan, which was renamed the UH-1B in 1962, along with the HU-1H, renamed UH-1H. Bell and Subaru developed the UH-1J.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Made in SUBARU｜SUBARU BELL 412EPX｜SUBARU Aerospace Company |url=https://aerospace.subaru.co.jp/412epx/en/history.html |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=SUBARU Aerospace Company |language=en}}</ref>

Entering service starting in 1993, 130 UH-1J were produced by Fuji for the Japanese Self-Defense Force.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-12-21 |title=Philippine Army to receive UH-1J helicopters from Japan |url=https://www.key.aero/article/philippine-army-receive-uh-1j-helicopters-japan |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=key.aero |language=en}}</ref>

In 2005, a pair of [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force]] (JGSDF) UH-1 helicopters were deployed to Pakistan for earthquake disaster relief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/10/14/national/asdf-c-130s-depart-on-pakistan-relief-duty/ |title= ASDF C-130s depart on Pakistan relief duty |publisher= [[Japan Times]] |date= 14 October 2005 |access-date= 11 February 2016 |archive-date= 2 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402053446/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/10/14/national/asdf-c-130s-depart-on-pakistan-relief-duty/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> During 2010, after floods in Pakistan, UH-1s were again deployed to the country to aid in disaster relief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/19/national/gsdf-choppers-pakistan-bound/ |title= GSDF choppers Pakistan-bound |publisher= Japan Times |date= 19 August 2010 |access-date= 11 February 2016 |archive-date= 2 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402053451/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/19/national/gsdf-choppers-pakistan-bound/ |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/27/national/chopper-unit-back-from-pakistan/ |title= Chopper unit back from Pakistan |publisher= Japan Times |date= 27 October 2010 |access-date= 11 February 2016 |archive-date= 2 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402053440/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/10/27/national/chopper-unit-back-from-pakistan/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> Japanese UH-1s have also been periodically used to conduct [[Aerial firefighting|water bombing]] against fires.<ref>{{cite news|author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= GSDF helicopter makes emergency landing at Tottori airport |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/29/national/gsdf-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-tottori-airport/#.Wr2jcGaB1EI |work= [[Japan Times]] |date= 29 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330144951/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/29/national/gsdf-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-tottori-airport/#.Wr2jcGaB1EI |archive-date= 30 March 2018 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= GSDF helicopter makes emergency landing at western Japan airport |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180329/p2g/00m/0dm/061000c |work= [[Mainichi Shimbun]] |date= 29 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329115302/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180329/p2g/00m/0dm/061000c |archive-date= 29 March 2018 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

In the aftermath of the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]], Japan's UH-1 fleet was extensively deployed across the country for disaster relief purposes; they also conducted reconnaissance flights over the stricken [[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant]] while carrying radiation detection equipment to help inform planners of the plant's condition.<ref>{{cite web|last= Hiscock |first= Kyle W |url=http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a560865.pdf |title= Thesis: Japan's Self Defense Forces after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Toward a new Status Quo |publisher= dtic.mil |date= March 2012 |access-date= 30 September 2017 |archive-date= 16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216050634/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a560865.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1856031 |title= Introduction to Aerial Radiological Measurements |publisher=osti.gov |access-date= 27 June 2022|last1= Wasiolek |first1= Piotr T. }}</ref>

By the early 2020s, Japan's [[Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency]] was in the process of recapitalising much of the JGSDF's rotarywing capability; it is planned for a locally-built model of the twin-engined multirole [[Bell 412]] helicopter to replace the remaining older UH-1s in Japanese service; the new helicopter will be called the H-2 in JSDF service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/jgsdf-beefs-up-rotorcraft-to-address-tougher-neighbourhood/138957.article |title= JGSDF beefs up rotorcraft to address tougher neighbourhood |publisher= [[Flight International]] |first= Greg |last= Waldron |date= 24 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/tokyo-provides-more-details-about-jgdsfs-new-uh-2-helicopter |title= Tokyo provides more details about JGDSF's new UH-2 helicopter |publisher= janes.com |first= Alessandra |last= Giovanzanti |date= 19 July 2021}}</ref> The first flight of the Subaru UH-2 took place in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=Jr |date=2022-05-26 |title=Subaru UH-2 helicopter performs maiden flight |url=https://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/2022/05/subaru-uh-2-helicopter-performs-maiden-flight/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Asian Military Review |language=en-US}}</ref>