A recent image posted on the top page of the official
website for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) High Technical School
conspicuously features the Zaku mobile suit from the Gundam series, with two
students looking at a toy of the suit while imagining themselves as one.
The JGSDF High Technical School is a three-year high
school that offers specialized technical training as well as officer training
to its students, who are assigned as leading privates in the JGSDF upon
graduation. A robotics club is recognized by the school as an official school
club, while technical training courses at the school also feature robots, using
Lego's NXT robotics system and Japan Robotech's RoboDesigner system for
educational purposes.