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Reviving Japan's Military
By Michael J. Green
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With the elevation of Japan's Defense Agency to a full Defense Ministry last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has removed one more postwar pacifist taboo lying in the path of a resurgent Japan.
For decades the Self-Defense Forces were considered people who "live under a rock." They wore civilian clothes to work and then changed into uniform only on base. Their tanks were called "special vehicles" so as not to sound too warlike. They never deployed abroad and -- though they procured some of the most expensive systems in the world -- they never expected to fire a shot in ...
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So the Rising Sun once again rises in the East!
It had to happen.
The geostrategic equation will surely change.
China will surely not appreciate this change, though for the US it will be reduction of the burden for Japan's defence and will also be a boost in the arm in its global strategic outlook wherein, though unsaid, the containment of China is a primary concern.
This will also given impetus to the India - Taiwan - Japan issue. Could this be why Japan has backpedaled on the stand of US - India Nuclear issue under consideration.
One wonders what is the game plan!
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