Return of the samurai: Japan steps away from pacifist constitution

[xunzi]

Russia and China are two dogs barking at the same cat, if the cat went away they would go back to fighting.

You dont hold wargames in Trans-Baikal if your planing to attack California.

First and foremost, understanding that in geopolitics, common interest goes first. Alliance is form because of that. We have common interest with Russia. It doesn't mean we will dictate each other foreign policy but form a two-man game to shape world politics. That is the true form of an alliance.

 

[Cossack25A1]

I always wonder why China is threatened by Japan stepping away from its pacifist constitution. Sure, Japan had steamrolled over Asia during WW2 and had committed atrocities but that was a long time ago, almost 70 years ago. I get the feeling that such fears is because of the "Century of Humiliation" which started when the Opium Wars broke out.

Unless someone provokes or attacks Japan, the Japanese war-machine will not be on conquest mode if they step away from its pacifist stance.

I feel that for the Chinese, the Century of Humiliation will end through arms, rapid development and re-instating the old Tianxia...or a modern interpretation of it. Just remember one of Mao Zedong's quotes.

 

[xunzi]

I always wonder why China is threatened by Japan stepping away from its pacifist constitution. Sure, Japan had steamrolled over Asia during WW2 and had committed atrocities but that was a long time ago, almost 70 years ago. I get the feeling that such fears is because of the "Century of Humiliation" which started when the Opium Wars broke out.

I feel that for the Chinese, the Century of Humiliation will end through arms. Just remember one of Mao Zedong's quotes.

You are stupid if you really believe we actually worry about Japan re-militarization. It is all part of an act. LOL

 

[Viet]

CNTV is not a proper source, I would suggest you visit the Japanese Ministry of Defense. The 3.5% increase will be applied to our previous year's defense budget. The additional $281 Billion is for Military Defense Acquisition. The $60 Billion is merely for maintenance cost of the JSDF.

Remember, this year we tendered our purchase of 42 F-35As, in addition to the purchase of 17 Ospreys. Not included in this are plans to produce 2 (+2) Atago Class DDGs, and plans to purchase 3 WASP class ships from the USN. Plus Other acquisitions.

WOW that is a lot of yen! that means you have some $100b defence budget a year. no wonder the chinese are fearful and begin to wet their pants. you can see it clearly, the number of anti-japan articles in state media increases at an alarming rate

I pity them

Don´t hesitate to send the surplus of your military equipments to VN.

banzai!

 

[BuddhaPalm]

More like return of PLAAF surgical strike on Akihito and family.

 

[Cossack25A1]

You are stupid if you really believe we actually worry about Japan re-militarization. It is all part of an act. LOL

Applying Sun Tzu's Art of War then?

 

[terranMarine]

You are stupid if you really believe we actually worry about Japan re-militarization. It is all part of an act. LOL

Don't understand why they insist we fear Japan , because of WW2? Comparing an industrialized Japan vs a backward Qing must be representative to the current world we are living at present. China's thousand years of dominance in Asia just proofs Japan can only play the 2nd fiddle. It was only the short lived Japanese military war machine in the last century that surpassed/surprised us. Truth is Japan was probably shocked how the western powers humiliated China and South East Asia and took actions copying western tech. Do i have news for these anti China trolls, backward Qing is long gone, embrace the awakened Dragon who has nothing to fear of the enslaved Japan. Even if the US unleash his dog it cannot hurt China the way it did 70 years ago. On the contrary it is Japan that is afraid of China hence they wants the re-militarization out of fear of the rising Dragon. Wake up and smell the coffee China's rise cannot be contained by Japan nor the US.

 

[Zsari]

I always wonder why China is threatened by Japan stepping away from its pacifist constitution. Sure, Japan had steamrolled over Asia during WW2 and had committed atrocities but that was a long time ago, almost 70 years ago. I get the feeling that such fears is because of the "Century of Humiliation" which started when the Opium Wars broke out.

Unless someone provokes or attacks Japan, the Japanese war-machine will not be on conquest mode if they step away from its pacifist stance.

So what prompted the Japanese going into conquest mode 70 years ago? Japan is a small island nation that has chronic lack of resources yet with an ambition of a great power. To achieve the later, it must expand. Furthermore, one can compare Japan today to Germany after WWI, where it believe the restraint placed on it by the winners are unjust and is in the motion of removing them one by one. 70 years ago, it surprise attacked the US whose GDP at the time was 5 times its size, who is to say it will not commit another such act of kamikaze again? What does the title "return of the samurai" say to you?

Don't understand why they insist we fear Japan , because of WW2? Comparing an industrialized Japan vs a backward Qing must be representative to the current world we are living at present. China's thousand years of dominance in Asia just proofs Japan can only play the 2nd fiddle. It was only the short lived Japanese military war machine in the last century that surpassed/surprised us. Truth is Japan was probably shocked how the western powers humiliated China and South East Asia and took actions copying western tech. Do i have news for these anti China trolls, backward Qing is long gone, embrace the awakened Dragon who has nothing to fear of the enslaved Japan. Even if the US unleash his dog it cannot hurt China the way it did 70 years ago. On the contrary it is Japan that is afraid of China hence they wants the re-militarization out of fear of the rising Dragon. Wake up and smell the coffee China's rise cannot be contained by Japan nor the US.

China has nothing to fear from Japan, but China must prepare itself for a surprise attack by Japan.

 

[JayMandan]

So what prompted the Japanese going into conquest mode 70 years ago? Japan is a small island nation that has chronic lack of resources yet with an ambition of a great power. To achieve the later, it must expand. Furthermore, one can compare Japan today to Germany after WWI, where it believe the restraint placed on it by the winners are unjust and is in the motion of removing them one by one. 70 years ago, it surprise attacked the US whose GDP at the time was 5 times its size, who is to say it will not commit another such act of kamikaze again? What does the title "return of the samurai" say to you?



China has nothing to fear from Japan, but China must prepare itself for a surprise attack by Japan.

Surprise attack? Wake up, baka.

 

[Zsari]

Surprise attack? Wake up, baka.

Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.

 

[terranMarine]

Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.

Which is why the Pinoys have been enslaved a couple of times.

 

[Oldman1]

My Nihon friend! A true, equal partnership alliance is akin to something like China-Russia. Neither of us will take order from the other but we can support each other. That is an alliance. Your relationship on surface is an alliance, but in close door, it's a master-puppet relation. US gave the order, you follow. If the US told you to "sit", you better not stand up! LOL

That be like applying the same to having American forces in Saudi Arabia or Germany or so on with other countries. That doesn't automatically means we are the masters.

 

[terranMarine]

That be like applying the same to having American forces in Saudi Arabia or Germany or so on with other countries. That doesn't automatically means we are the masters.

Saudi Arabia were not the enemy during WW2, what kind of logic is that comparing to Japan? The US wanted the most important EU economies to sanction Russia including Germany but got rejected at first until the Airline catastrophe. Japan however never resisted such order and followed what the puppeteer demanded right away even though Japan know it will hurt business with Russia. That is the difference between Germany and Japan, though Germany is pretty much a lapdog too like the UK.

 

[Oldman1]

Saudi Arabia were not the enemy during WW2, what kind of logic is that comparing to Japan? The US wanted the most important EU economies to sanction Russia including Germany but got rejected at first until the Airline catastrophe. Japan however never resisted such order and followed what the puppeteer demanded right away even though Japan know it will hurt business with Russia. That is the difference between Germany and Japan, though Germany is pretty much a lapdog too like the UK.

It doesn't matter if Saudi Arabia was not an enemy during WW2. Your assumption is that because we have American forces occupying Okinawa and so on means Japan doesn't have independence. Or Saudi Arabia as well. And why is the UK a lapdog? Was it an enemy of the U.S. as well during WW2 and allowing American forces on its soil?

And as you pointed out the sanctions were rejected until the plane was shot down by the rebels. So why was it rejected in the first place? Puppeteers don't reject or question its master in the first place.

 

[Cossack25A1]

So what prompted the Japanese going into conquest mode 70 years ago? Japan is a small island nation that has chronic lack of resources yet with an ambition of a great power. To achieve the later, it must expand. Furthermore, one can compare Japan today to Germany after WWI, where it believe the restraint placed on it by the winners are unjust and is in the motion of removing them one by one. 70 years ago, it surprise attacked the US whose GDP at the time was 5 times its size, who is to say it will not commit another such act of kamikaze again? What does the title "return of the samurai" say to you?

Every nation on this planet has ambition of great power but how they achieve it differs but it will involve guns and politics. As for the word Samurai, it doesn't say much as they only spent 3-4 years wreaking havoc here compared to the 333 years of wreaking havoc by the Conquistadors or the 40 years being trapped in a "cinema house" by the Cowboys.

We are aware of the hell Japan brought during WW2 and while we will not forget what they did, we will not dwell on it and move on.