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Would you give Japan its military back? -
05-29-2011, 04:39 AM
Been recently thinking about the changing positions of power in Asia. China's on the rise, North Korea is a joke of a country but it still boasts a dangerous military, South Korea is modernizing pretty quickly too. Japans Defense Force is tiny at around 200,000 active troops but they probably have one of the most modern militaries in the world based on their military spending. Some people have said they fear Japan may become a militaristic country again....though anyone in Japan would tell you otherwise. n. Most people there are disgusted of the idea of being militaristic again. some guy took over the Self Defense headquarters and gave a speech on how he wanted Japan to be strong again, but he was met with angry booing people...so he committed seppuku
From all the summers I spent in Japan growing up, I think I got a fair idea of what the country is like. Correct me if i'm wrong.... Nationalism is looked upon with disgust by the general Japanese population from what some of my friends told me. Kind of how people view the KKK and NeoNazis in American and Europe. Americas got around 40,000 troops in Japan as part of the security treaty. While the Japanese support the military alliance strongly they also want the US to reduce the military presence there. I mean Japan is a 'big boy' now, out of the ruins of the 1940s into an economic powerhouse. I think they can take care of themselves now.... not to mention its very costly to station that many people overseas. Also, I doubt Japan would ever consider doing anything to lose the USA's support with its military. I guess what im trying to say is they wont try to take over Asia again and massacre millions. 
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05-29-2011, 04:56 AM
The current world climate as far as Japan goes isn't so much that the US feels like Japan is going to flip as soon as US troops leave and Japan is given a standing army again. The US politically enjoys having locations in the Pacific for their own strategic purposes.
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05-29-2011, 05:55 AM
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It would take some slack of the US military and allow the Japanese to pull their own weight in defense.
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05-29-2011, 06:06 AM
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05-29-2011, 06:20 AM
i gotcha.
Allowing Japan a standing military doesnt mean the USA has to give up its bases and position in Japan. it would just be an addition of a strong ally. Its the Japanese constitution that forbids a standing army and the right to declare war. The USA has no say in if they can have a army or not, thats in the hands of the Japanese. If they were to vote re-instatement of the Army I'm pretty sure the USA is still entitled to keep its bases on Japanese soil as part of the military alliance they are a part of.
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05-29-2011, 06:49 AM
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05-29-2011, 07:11 AM
honestly I doubt that a majority of Japanese people would even want to have an active military to begin with...
kinda like asking: Would you let America have slaves again? when most Americans wouldn't want any themselves...
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05-29-2011, 07:35 AM
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but one day I think the general Japanese populace will find China to threatening to ignore. If things ever get nasty with China, USA and Japan...im pretty sure yamato-damashi will re-emerge in defense of Japan. The problem is if Japan re-militarizes it would only push China to increase militarization as well....if anything it would be Japan to re-militarize in RESPONSE to Chinas ever increasing power.
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05-29-2011, 07:38 AM
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Military size and the like are semantics when the momentum of China can't be denied it's direction. Economics are the last front, not bullets, or it's a lost cause.
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