Has Japan had any military deaths since WWII?

I’m not talking accidental deaths in training, or other freak accidents.

Though not particularly well known, Japan provided minesweepers during the Korean War. At least one Japanese sailor died as a result of an exploding mine. While I can’t say for sure how the Japanese would have classified that, the US military would have (rightly) defined that as a combat death.

Depending on what you consider military deaths - 35 members of the SDF died while deployed to Iraq for “reconstruction and support,” comprising 16 suicides, 7 illnesses and 12 unknown/accidental. (Japanese language cite)

The Wikipedia entry on the Korean War lists 79 dead for Japan (in the summary table on the right hand side of the page), but I don’t know specifics on those.

This article notes that a number of Japanese fought in Korea, apparently under U.S. command, though they also apparently did so without the approval of the Japanese military or government.

A few of the infamous ‘holdouts’ were killed, usually by local authorities, but a handful by Allied hands in the years immediately following the surrender. Not sure if that is what the OP was talking about.

Wow, that is a high percentage of suicides.