He began a system of military conscription in 1873.

The government announced plans on July 10 to end military conscription by 1994.

His reason was concern that women would be subject to any future military conscription.

He described the decision to abolish military conscription as a difficult one.

Main office commanders and staff were exempt from military conscription.

However, in 1915, national conference voted against the introduction of military conscription.

He returned to Japan to attend elementary school, but his education was cut short by military conscription in 1944.

The changes included universal military conscription, introduced on 1 January 1874.

It is forced military conscription, otherwise known as the draft.

German farmers settled in the 1840s and 1850s, fleeing military conscription.