al y I'm from a country which was on the receiving end of two totalitarianisms from 1939 to 1989, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. My ancestor was killed during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, a few were sent to Nazi concentration camps, and one ended up doing hard labour in Gulags for 13 years. Do you seriously think I'd write this if I thought Japan had totalitarian ambitions and didn't change a bit since the end of WW2? It's been more than half a century since the war ended, and with my country now a fairly successful democracy I was able to make friends in Russia and Germany, and even my grandparents who suffered tremendously under both regimes are happy that I did... Times change. If there's anyone to watch out for it's China. Look at their contempt for human rights, their fear of democracy and their imperial ambitions... If Japan, South Korea and other south-east Asian democracies didn't arm themselves they'd be in a whole lot of trouble. That's why I'm going to keep rooting for Japan.
Very happy to see our allies starting the road to become a new superpower. Japan has become one of the newest superpower economically, and now is catching up militarily. Cheers from Atlanta, US!!!
+kwbtyh no,actually,all Chinese can connect to RU-vid,if you pay about ¥30 per month to buy a VPN. its cheap and easy, i have no business with gov. im just a student
Japan is on the front lines with China. Yet, the USA has refused to sell advanced military technology to Japan, such as the F-22 Raptor. Thus, Japan is slowly accepting the fact that it may have to fight its own battles and be prepared to stand alone without American assistance or interference. To achieve full national independence, Japan will develop its own industrial-military complex with the Japanese Ministry of Defense in control of such matters as national defense and power projection.
+pingouin dédé Hey dufus... Some points for your consideration: 1. On 26 December 2007, the government of Japan made the decision to upgrade its Defense Agency to the "Ministry of Defense" which is expected to have a far-reaching effect on Japan's future military development. 2. JS Hyūga (DDH-181) commissioned 18 March 2009. 3. JS Ise (DDH-182) commissioned 16 March 2011. 4. JS Izumo (DDH-183) commissioned 6 August 2013. 5. JS Kaga (DDH-184) to be commissioned by March 2017. 6. All three Ōsumi-class tank landing ships will be given major upgrades as light carriers. 7. Multi-function amphibious assault ships are planned. At least one of these may be purchased from the USA. The Wasp class or America class warships will be negotiated for purchase or perhaps license. If acquired, it would become the largest warship in the Japanese fleet. 8. June 2013, as part of an ongoing expansion of defense capabilities in the Western Army's area of responsibility, the Ministry of Defense decided to create a special "isle assault unit", whose role would be the recapture of remote Japanese islands that had been invaded by a foreign power. This unit is based on the US Marines and trains with the US Marines. In 2013, troops from the Western Army Infantry Regiment deployed from the JS Hyuga and JS Shimokita for an amphibious warfare exercise in California. In early September 2015, plans for the creation of the new unit, now referred to as an 'amphibious mobile unit' were confirmed. The new unit is to be stood up by the end of 2017, with a training corps to be set up in the interim (by the end of 2016). As of February 2016, this new Japanese marine unit has continued training in California with the US Marines. 9. Japan has embarked on a program to strengthen its aircraft industry. It intends to build warplanes of the highest quality and capability which will be independent of American technology and therefore not subject to American restrictions. 10. Both the Prime Minister and the Emperor of Japan have been visiting Asian countries with the aim of strengthening political and military ties. For the first time since WWII, Japan will export Japanese military equipment to countries such as Australia. Also, Japan will donate military equipment and training to the Philippines. This will strengthen Japan's military industrial complex and begin the process of building local alliances. 11. Japan's seven light carriers and amphibious assault force will give Japan an offensive military capability that it hasn't wielded since WWII. This has been done expressly as a response to China's threats. Although these carriers were not designed for jet fighters, they will provide sufficient airlift for helicopter assaults on islands, and these assaults will be supported by Japan's land-based warplanes. You can expect that Japan will build more carriers, larger carriers, and multi-purpose amphibious assault ships in the near future. However, they will not be given the label of carriers. 12. Japan is reluctant to build a strong military. China has proved very inspirational to Japan's leaders. A serious misstep by China will inspire the Japanese people to support a bigger military, and that will put the full power of Japan into the hands of the Japanese Ministry of Defense. China is going to get thoroughly Rammsteined by Japan. Within a few short years, not even Russia will be able to match the Japanese navy. It'll be 1905 all over again, which will be sweet revenge for Russia's last minute entry into WWII.