Why does Japan build up its military power?

[Alex Po]

On July 28, 2019, the Japanese "The Japan News" newspaper reported that the Japanese government plans to acquire about 20 unmanned helicopters for their subsequent deployment on the ships of the country's self-defense naval forces. According to them, Japan, in response to the expansion of the Chinese maritime sector, intends to strengthen its early warning and surveillance activities around the Senkaku Islands (or Diaoyu) in Okinawa Prefecture.

However is it really aimed at defense from China? After all, it is known that earlier, after negotiations between the two countries, Russia refused to transfer even two islands from the Kuril Islands Ridge to Japan, which, incidentally, are not only original Russian territory, but also so following the results of the World War II, with which the Japanese themselves agreed by signing international acts. According to experts, the United States, being in close cooperation with Japan, uses it as a means to deploy its military bases and is building up its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region to destabilize peace in the region. So why does the Japanese government build up its military power and demonstrate its militaristic policy on the world arena?

[andreas1033]

Any country that relies on another for protection, is under the control of that country.

 

Japan is right to want there own military capabilities, as relying on america, means america has an enormous say in japan.

 

The only way for japan to have any real independence of america, is to create there own military force, so they are not asking america for help, that comes at a great cost to japans own sovereignty.

[Skycaptain]

Also, being just across the water from both Russia and China isn't condusive to a heightened sense of security 

[Guest]

10 hours ago, Alex Po said:

So why does the Japanese government build up its military power and demonstrate its militaristic policy on the world arena?

A strong military, is a powerful deterrent. 

 

Notice how quickly captured Fishermen were released when it was discovered several of them were Russian? (this was a boat sailing from South Korea that inadvertently crossed into North Korean waters. 

 

This is the power of a strong military. 

 

Also you don't want to anger one of your very few allies. 

 

Japan has more independence with their own military power. 

 

Otherwise they are forced to sit a US poppet that has American interests in mind as well as it's own instead of focusing on their own interests. 

 

Guarantee you North Korea isn't lobbing missiles over their airspace defiantly, if Japan could annihilate then swiftly from the face of the earth. 

 

Those are calculated moves by North Korea knowing Japan's powerlessness and its dependence on the US that would not intervene for such provocations. 

 

A strong military commands respect.

[Alex Po]

On 7/30/2019 at 7:46 AM, Perspektiv said:

A strong military, is a powerful deterrent. 

 

Notice how quickly captured Fishermen were released when it was discovered several of them were Russian? (this was a boat sailing from South Korea that inadvertently crossed into North Korean waters. 

 

This is the power of a strong military. 

 

Also you don't want to anger one of your very few allies. 

 

Japan has more independence with their own military power. 

 

Otherwise they are forced to sit a US poppet that has American interests in mind as well as it's own instead of focusing on their own interests. 

 

Guarantee you North Korea isn't lobbing missiles over their airspace defiantly, if Japan could annihilate then swiftly from the face of the earth. 

 

Those are calculated moves by North Korea knowing Japan's powerlessness and its dependence on the US that would not intervene for such provocations. 

 

A strong military commands respect.

Undoubtedly, the militarization of Japan is very beneficial for Washington, for which this part of the Pacific region is the most problematic, since there are three countries concentrated here, which Washington considers as its key opponents - Russia, China and North Korea. Consequently, the United States will continue to control the development of the armed forces of Japan. The further development of the Japanese army, which will defend the interests and tasks of not only its country, but also the interests of the United States, will undoubtedly lead to another round of the arms race in the already turbulent region.

[Alex Po]

On 7/29/2019 at 9:15 PM, andreas1033 said:

Any country that relies on another for protection, is under the control of that country.

 

Japan is right to want there own military capabilities, as relying on america, means america has an enormous say in japan.

 

The only way for japan to have any real independence of america, is to create there own military force, so they are not asking america for help, that comes at a great cost to japans own sovereignty.

The current Constitution of Japan, which entered into force in May 1947, prohibits the country's participation in military conflicts. Article 9 of the Basic Law "forever and ever" establishes the rejection of the "threat and use of armed force as a means of resolving international disputes" and, as a result, of creating their own ground forces, navy and air force.
 

However, in 1954, the Self-Defense Forces of Japan appeared. In the late 1970s, their number reached 270 thousand people. Japan restored all three types of armed forces that were disbanded in 1945: the Ground Forces, the Navy, and the Air Force. Of course this was done with the help of the United States, which trained and armed Japanese troops.

 

I think that Japan will never cease to be dependent on America, because then, they will lose such an influential ally

[SorryNotSorry]

On 8/5/2019 at 8:19 PM, Alex Po said:

I think that Japan will never cease to be dependent on America, because then, they will lose such an influential ally

Let's hope they never have a PM like Hideki Tojo ever again.