Fortunately, the JSDF has so far only been involved in disaster relief and peace operations without guns. This makes them an organization that deserves the respect of the public.
This film describes the dawn of Japanese Self-Defense Forces which is now one of top 10 strongest military forces in the world. As a staunch ally of the United States, Japanese Self-Defense Forces are playing an important role in Asia to deter China`s aggressive expansionism and North Korea`s military adventurism. The U.S.-Japanese alliance will increase its importance as situations in Asia are becoming highly volatile.
@@archlich4489 Re-arming Japan means nothing at all if they can't even maintain a certain recruitment level. Over the years following the war, joining the armed forces in post-WWII Japan has been highly unpopular, so getting people to enlist is always a great challenge. Japan could buy all the weapons that the U.S. is willing to sell to them (and have been doing so). But what good would that do in the end if there aren't even enough men to use them? This is partly why the US still has a few bases stationed over there for their own defense. Trust me, seeing how things are going over there, you have nothing at all to worry about. The Japanese today are pacifists who are scared of war and obviously for good reason.
Cool vid and very 1950's, of course. I like how judo and jujitsu are mentioned right off the bat. If this film had been made just a few years later, karate would have been mentioned due to the popularity of that martial art in the 1960's. Of course, it was US servicemen stationed there right after WW2 in the late '40's who brought karate over here to the US from Japan and Okinawa. Cool post.
+robertos : Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Holland, Benelux, Italy, (kinda) England. All hail the Marshall Plan! (Yes, I know that Asian was not part of the Marshall Plan.)
It's strange, they cared enough about Japan, Korea, & Germany to help build them up to where they are today. But on the other hand, they are unwilling to put in the same amount of effort in doing the same for war torn Iraq and Afghanistan. It's almost as if we want to keep the whole Middle East unstable while continuing to make up fake justifications for having endless wars down there all in the name of oil - _TERRIBLE!_
@@rsuriyop USA during WW2 is far different than today USA, and the new military leadership can't keep up with what their grandparents have achieved. Unfortunately, military leaders which care about rebuilding other defeated nations like MacArthur, Eisenhower, and Patton are all dead even before Reagan take power.
@@rsuriyop It's not for lack of trying, the people of Afghanistan are simply too diverse and tribal to effectively unify and modernize. Outside the more densely populated areas there are people not even the old government or the Taliban can convince to participate in society at large.
