Why Japan's Military is Gladly Getting Ready for War
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Japan’s new defense strategy and their already existing massive economic influence in Southeast Asia will make them the west's secret weapon against communist authoritarian China. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently unveiled on December 16th 2022 his country's new 5 year $320 billion dollar defense plan that will acquire 500 US made tomahawk cruise missiles that can strike Chinese territory for the first time. It will effectively double the size of Japan's military budget and make them the world’s third-largest military spender right after the United States and China. It’s not just an increase in weapons, their publicly released historic 2022 National Defense outlines sound justifications and legal arguments for this rearmanet as well as a change in their defense posture to deter aggression.
Oh no! Sound the alarms! The Japanese empire has woken up from its slumber and they’re getting ready to take over the world again! ” Obviously that’s absolutely ridiculous but tell that to North Korea, Russia and China who all took turns coming out to publicly denounce Japan’s new military plan as “dangerous” and alluding to Japan's history as an expansionist empire. Chinese Communist Party tabloid Global Times said “Japan has a history of straying into militarism and committing aggression and crimes against humanity, which has brought disaster to the region and the world and is now deviating from the track of post-war peaceful development. Apparently it’s only okay for China to increase defense spending and no one else. Yes Even 80 years after the last world war it’s hard for some people to forget. people don’t forget meme
In most modern discussions about great power politics we completely overlook Japan but I think a closer analysis will show you that this great nation holds the keys to keeping China in check. Many people do not understand just how much economic influence and soft power Japan projects despite having a somewhat self imposed limited military. Even though China’s GDP surpassed Japan’s in 2010. Japan is still the largest sponsor of infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia. Yes, that's even bigger than China’s massive efforts to expand with their Belt and Road Initiative throughout the region. As of 2021 Japan's investments in projects in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam is $259 billion compared to China’s $157 billion. This means Japanese banks lend more to Southeast Asia's five largest economies than the United States, UK and France combined. Doesn’t explain why my loan requests to Japanese banks are always denied but fair enough. Japan's massive construction projects across Asia give them tremendous credibility, respect, and influence in foreign policy decisions in the region. This makes Japan a closer rival to China than the US in this regard. Tokyo is the undisputed heavyweight champ of infrastructure investments in South East Asia even though China gets all the news reports about their belt and road initiative.
These projects include a subway system for Manila and a new East-west southern economic corridor that will link up Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar to promote free trade. These are some of the projects Japan is changing the world with. So how does Japan compete against China in this field? They offer low interest rates of around .25% for 30 year loans which is way better than the 4% interest rates on China’s projects which have been criticized for debt trapping developing countries.
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Having Japan on your side is so important. They're the only country to have defeated a giant lizard, a three headed monster from outer space, a giant worm and a giant flying tortoise. What other country can boast such feats.
America beat an alien invasion with a couple fighters and a stolen alien shuttle. Oh, and we beat another alien invasion that defeated all air power, and occupied Los Angeles, we did it with the pure determination of a single Platoon of Marines. So while Japan handles monsters, we handle aliens on the ground or in the air. Together, nothing can stop us. Unless the Pacific Atlanteans invade...
They've probably taken out more alien invasions than America too. I mean, their giant robotics research is second to none!
America doesn’t care because they have a hero and his name is Hancock (never disrespect his wife though)
@@thelordofcringe the Atlantian incident in the Pacific officially never occurred. Lol can't lose if it didn't happen.
Didn't we defeat the aliens w just some cowboys? Lol
Aussie Vet here: When I was deployed to East Timor in 02-03 I went to the Japanese Engineer base and they had crazy Tech. Timor was a peacekeeping mission between 1999-2007 so Japan could deploy troops such as Engineers, logistics and medical staff from 2001. Japan has previously deployed to Cambodia, Mozambique, Rwanda and the Golan Heights under peacekeeping missions so they haven't been just resting. Their military has been doing what it can under the articles much the same as what they have been doing with business and industry.
They have the most sophisticated toilets in the world.
People talk about German engineering.... Japan's is insane. Thinking only about their cars and their audio equipment even from the 1970s...they are a great ally to have.
I was there supporting US Marines 2001+ for the Timor civil war.
@@seanmcginnis7564 What was your experience? Did you face some sort of racism? Don't take it as a confrontation I'm just curious because it's a stereotype to say that japanese people are racist
@@DanielGarcia-kw4ep Japanese people are only racist toward non-Japanese people. They're inclusive toward everyone else...
Absolutely Love JAPAN, and the Japanese people. I'm an American, and I know it is in my best interest to never be an enemy of the Japanese. The definition of warrior.... Japanese. That's not why I wish to always be on Japan's good side though (but it's a damn good one) they are kind, respectful, and the most wonderful people to have friendly relations with.
As an American, I'm proud to have Japan as an ally.
Yeah, I'm proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Germans as they send Leopard/Panther tanks into Kharkov again just like in 1941. And stand with the Japanese as we invade China and establish Manchukuo again and make sure Taiwan is a protectorate of Japan. What was the point of WW2 again? What did all those boys my grandfather had to amputate the legs off of die for again?
[World War Two] "This war would never have come unless, under American and modernising pressure, we had driven the Habsburgs out of Austria and the Hohenzollerns out of Germany. By making these vacuums we gave the opening for the Hitlerite monster to crawl out of its sewer on to the vacant thrones."
- Winston Churchill, April 1945.
"If your family [Kaiser Wilhelm] remained in power in Germany, I am certain that Mr Hitler would not be giving us any headaches right now"
- David Lloyd George, Britain's WW1 wartime leader (the Churchill of WW1) telling the Kaiser's grandson his regrets.
"I am of the opinion that if the Allies at the peace table at Versailles had not imagined that the sweeping away of long-established dynasties was a form of progress, and if they had allowed a Hohenzollern, a Wittelsbach, and Hapsburg to return to their thrones, there would of been no Hitler. To Germany a symbolic point on which the loyalities of the military classes could centre would have been found." - Winston Churchill, 1946.
"For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution."
- Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Leftism Revisited: from de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot
"While countries that have restored monarchy, namely Spain and Cambodia, have returned to democracy, could Dionne make the same observation about monarchies that are now republics? Have Iran, Libya, Romania, Rwanda, Afghanistan and so on benefited from republicanism? No, for all the most murderous regimes in this century have been republics."
- The Rev. Kenneth Gunn-Walberg of St. Mary's Anglican Church in Delaware (R.I.P. 2021)
You dont see japanese demanding reparations and the rest of the racist nonsense. Its hard to think of a group of ppl i repect more than the Japanese. For allot of different reasons.
Proud to be allies with Japan
Me too!!!! I’m Romanian though but I live in America. I care so much about Japan.
@@scottkimball9169because they were the aggressor in ww2, it doesn’t make sense for Japan to put themselves in the victim mentality
It makes sense for fascist imperialist empires to align themselves together I guess.
I’m glad we have a friend like Japan !!
Exactly 💯 💯
Until they show their true colors.
@Content_enjoyer "Arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you." (Some sci fi series quote) Point is never belittle your foes. What's more Japan did not know how devastating nukes were before 11 August, they sure know of it now and would take precautions against.
@Content_enjoyer the ultranationalists are not in the minority btw, but it is not a problem to the US. US have no problems supporting questionable regimes as long as these dictators, tyrants, fascists are on their side.
Deterrence
Videos are getting better and better. Can definitely see the difference in production quality. Also delving into much more in-depth and complex subject matter - and doing it in an easily digestible manner. Well done. Keep up the good work.
Awesome segment Cappy! Japanese growing closer ties to America is the way forward for the East. The more united the #1 and #3 economies in the world are, the more secure we are proportionally. We should build out a natural gas trade infrastructure from the US to Japan, to insure an alternative to thier reliance on Middle Eastern resources.
Try explaining that to Joe and his party.
Ahaha, Middle Eastern resources! Thanks to Joe, now best friend of Saudi Arabia and Persian golf are China and Russia. 3rd Japanese economy is going to be 4th economy soon and outrun by India. Their economy is not increasing well, population is shrinking and their 263% of GDP external debt doesn’t make things good for Japan.
I dont think japan is that dumb, given the history of what US did to japanese economy during 1980-1990 era
Muricans gonna hammer everyone who gonna rise above them in economy, doesnt matter if they were democratic or communist
@@whereswaldo5740 sadly, I doubt he'd understand
@@michealbaker8216 huh?
I was a delegate from the USA to Cambodia in the early 2000s and was impressed with the number of volunteer doctors from Japan in Cambodia. Japan was also sponsoring medical schools. Great job Japan!
America has such a corrupt medical school system. We could be the world's biggest exporters of doctors -- "Japan on steroids".
Don’t forgot the atrocities the Japanese did to women in your country and throughout SEA turning them as comfort women and until now refused to apologize.
The Japanese elite are from the generation of the men who committed atrocities all over Asia, including the Massacre at Nanjing. They are scared a rising China would retaliate for that. Thus Japanese are keeping the security ties with the USA
I can totally understand that the "new" Japan needs our trust because everything about Japan since WW2 has changed from what it used to be. Japan has become a model world power in the United Nations and the old "great warrior" tradition that committed all the atrocities against humanity is gone forever. The new "great warrior" Japan, is more like having a pack of great big Rottweilers as your best friends while walking around in a bad neighborhood. I am glad to have Japan and the other Pacific countries on our side. Keep up the awesome content my friend and I hope you stay healthy and happy in the future.
it is gone over for you, but not for us,
in Japan, 0 public memorial for the victims and anti-facist fighters of other countries, but so many shrines which worship war criminals,
most victims are Koreans, Chinese, Filipinos, of course the West doesn't care so much,
@@EmilechenI understand that. I do not agree with Japan refusing to acknowledge their war crimes. But Japan is different now.
@@Henry-yf2np in Japan, almost 0 public memorial for victims of WWII and anti-facist heroes,
but so many shrine with war criminals inside, it is weird,
i think US have only 300 years History and they deal with Japan for just 1-2 centuries, they pretend that the West has definitely transformed Japan as a loyal ally forever,
but China has known Japan for thousands years and wrote first historical records about Japan,
Japan only admires the most powerful nation, if one day US lose the world supremacy, no one can guarantee Japan no to switch sides,
I worked on STANDARD Missile 3, an anti-ballistic missile program launched from Aegis cruisers. Blk IIA was a joint effort with Japan. No one should discount them as a key ally in global politics, especially in the Pacific. As you can imagine, the actions of North Korea worry them even more than they do us. We are at least far away.
That won't matter much if it comes down to missiles though. They reach across the globe now no problem or from the ocean. Subs all over the world with nukes in them ready to go. Has been for decades.
@@L4Disillusion North Korea doesn’t have SSBNs.
I love how Russia, China, and North Korea are saying that Japan is dangerous is just ironic since China is stealing territories, North Korea is firing nukes over someone's airspace and then we have Russia who is currently at war.
It just depens of your point of view. Some would argue that the most interventionist country after WWII is the USA.... and they would be right........Not saying that they are the bad guys (mostly becuase I don`t want to be bombed back into the stone-age), but they are certainly not the good ones...... sometimes they aren´t even the lesser evil.......
Japan has an impressive expansionist history... Which wasn't always PC or not what would be considered war crimes as well.
Stealing what? Show me your evidence
@@gary3844 CCP agent detected
@@gary3844 I present to you the nation of Tibet, stolen circa 1950
The U.S. move in the Philippines is a game changer as well. With 7000 islands and quick access to the South China Sea. U.S. land based anti ship missiles can easily cut off commerce to China.
As a Filipino, I'm afraid of taking the brunt of the attacks in case China invades.
However, commerce as a US FOB would be very economical.
I mean historically , its funny ... the US accuses China of being imperialistic, yet the only reason the US can have bases in the Philippines is because of late colonialism
@markhowells13 The world isnt a fair place.
@@maxolcat1281 it's not really about being fair, it's just funny to notice the hypocrisy of accusations.
Although, I haven't heard that accusation by the US. Dunno if its real, Im too lazy to verify.
@@markhowells13 They invited the USA back Must have not been to bad China is stealing there resources that's why
This may be an unpopular opinion, but based on how modern Japanese society exists - the cleanliness, sterility, dedication to tradition and order, and how hardworking their businesspeople are - I am led to believe that, especially with how significantly more advanced they are technologically than nearly every other country in the world, Japan, with significant investment in their military and cutting-edge technology, will become the most capable and competent or organized military in the existence of humanity.
Japanese people are definitely disciplined as hell. The only thing they were really missing before Europeans came was the power of the free market as well as an open mind to the advancements other nations were making. But now they have those, and I've no doubt that if they decided to remilitarize, they'd theoretically match America on the technological side given enough funding and exceed them in terms of troop discipline. Their main downside is that the highly hierarchical structure of Japanese society would likely make their military forces on the ground more beholden to following orders, as opposed to the tactical flexibility of American NCOs who are generally given an objective and are left to make adjustments to their tactical application on the ground and are able to react quickly to sudden changes - which is vital given the rapid pace of modern warfare. But say, on the squad level, I think Japanese troops would be more disciplined, coordinated, and organized than US troops.
But on the macro scale, Japan needs to have capable military leaders and a united set of military branches working in close coordination - things they didn't really have much of in WWII. If they have those, they'd be set to be among the top militaries.
That would be pretty cool. I’d much rather be conquered by the Japanese than the Russians, Chinese, or any of the Arab countries.
Agree, which makes them dangerous
They will have the same limitation they had in WWII-- lack of natural resources. This is one of several aces the USA is holding. It has every natural resource a modern economy needs within its own borders + a relatively young population + the third largest population in the world + the most vibrant tech economy + the most wealth of any nation. Hard to beat that
VX nerve gas beats it, hilarious truth aside… modern wars are not something people have the guts to win. You could win Vietnam, Korea, Iraq or whatever war in 2 months if you wanted to and had the guts to do it.
You’ve gotten very good at educating people on your channel. It’s extremely noticeable. Well done. I source you in my classroom now that you quote directly from sources
I’m from Japan, TBH old folks from 1970’s hippy movement is making a fuss about it but most of Japanese is supportive of rearmament.
Thing is, we got so dependent on US for national security and now we have seemed to forgot the concept of “national security” we have looong way to go.
Plus, it lessens the need for US bases and US presence. Japan and the US are obviously partners but if Japanese people are uncomfortable with US military bases on their soil, why not hand them over to the JSDF?
It's scary to think that without the assassination of their leader, the communists may have eventually recruited the entire hippy movement in Japan. One of the world's most important countries would be a struggling island vassal of China.
You guys ready for Nanking round 2?
to be fair, your country not having to pay for your own security for 50+ years allowed your economy to focus HEAVILY on your educational welfare and subsidizing your zaibatsus, something my country (Philippines) tried to copy but our good ole Uncle Sam considered Japan and South Korea their more favorite little asian sons rather than their very first "colony"
Speaking as an outsider: I’m very concerned of Japanese rearmament in light of the country’s official refusal to reckon with its WW2 past, especially over the past decade. Be careful what you wish for.
Thank you for spreading GOOD information about Japan and the Japanese military. I've lived in Japan since 2006, and have met and spoken with several military people here, as well as many other people, about the danger that China poses. They all rate it as the strongest threat to their very existence, and a growing one every year. The government has been sensitive to these fears, and is responding by increasing our military strength and ability to defend the country with or WITHOUT US support. This point achieved a huge boost from Trump's unpredictability, making the people wonder if they would someday simply be handed over to China without a fight in order to temporarily placate the CCP...
Trumps unpredictability? He was very close Abe. Pledging 100% support for Japan. Maybe you mean biden instead.
Good for you guys, becoming self reliant.
The USA needs to return to, predictable foreign policy.
Working with their allies.
Trump did the same thing to us in Canada. He made us an adversary, during his term.
@@billpetersen298 Trump hated Trudeau, not Canada. Trump and Abe were very close. He told Japan yrs ago to do just what they’re doing now. By the way, how’s that Trudeau working out up there now?
@@billpetersen298 the Canadian government is corrupt under Trudeau. He was right to treat us that way.
Trump's 'unpredictability'.
Are you kidding if Trump were still in office China and Russia would not be screwing around.
Professor of what, gender studies I'm guessing
Your channel is rapidly becoming one of my favorites, right up there with the inphographic xhannel, sandboxx news, the why files et all...
I can see you've been trying new effects and upping your production value! It's really paying off and your latest videos look great! Keep up the good work man!
It is easy for westerners to forget or not know that the pacific war occupied only a fraction of the Japanese military. The much larger majority of Japanese forces were deployed in Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos (using modern names here) China and Russia. The focus of Japan during WW2 was on Asia, with essentially the Allies being an afterthought or sideshow. Even the attack on Pearl Harbour was conceived primarily to further plans towards the South East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere by removing the US as a threat to the logistics chain between Japan and the mainland.
Somebody forgot to tell that to the IJN, IJA and Army Air Forces. How many ships did the Asian powers put on the bottom. How many aircraft did they shoot out of the sky and destroy on land? Did they bury more IJA forces? No. Two thirds of Japanese dead were against the allies in the pacific war.
@@waiting4aliens Casualties does not directly relate to the forces deployed. Japan lost approximately 3 million lives in the course of WW2. About 600,000 were civilian deaths, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as the "morale bombing" of Tokyo. The US include those deaths in the estimated number of casualties inflicted by US forces, with a total estimate of 1.2 million killed. Out of those, 600,000 were in the Japanese Navy who almost exclusively faught US forces. 1.4 million Japanese casualties were suffered in Asia, including the Phillipines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, many from desease and starvation, not just combat. In total, the Japanese deployed 4.1 million troops in the so called Chinese Theatre, as opposed to the 870 - 890,000 troops engaged in the Pacific Theatre. From these numbers you can see the Japanese dedicated less than 20% of the total amount of human resources towards the Pacific Theatre. This in now way diminishes the suffering and sacrifice of any of the dead or wounded in any theatre or any country.
And Japan just won the baseball World Series :) Well done Japan. I pitched against Japan in Sydney U19's World Championships in 1988.
When your enemies complain, you're doing the right thing.
It's amazing how little money is needed for these large infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, where I live in the US, we are spending a billion dollars for new interstate stack interchange and planning on spending 4 billion on 30 miles of toll lanes. Yet the state will not fund any public transit services.
Another informative easily understood episode from your regular infantryman and staff (shoutout to Justin), complete with comment inducing mispronunciations. Good work!
私は日本人です。
第二次世界大戦でアメリカが日本に対して核爆弾を2回放った事が毎年よく話題に上がります。
その攻撃が正当だったのか。やり過ぎだったのではないかと。
それを判断する為にこういう世界的に過去を知れる動画は大変貴重で有り難いです。
日本の事を取り上げてくれてありがとう。
Japan and the U.S. are kinda like the two kids that fight each other on the playground and then become best friends...😂
Really enjoying this current streak of world analysis and look forward to more of the things that don't get enough coverage.
You know, Chris, nobody's buying your "average" infantryman status any longer. In depth, well researched and clearly presented analysis, as usual. Keep it up!
This is how MI officers imagine their crappy PowerPoints are received by audiences
Thank you very much for your service, Cappy
I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos in my free time. It is extremely entertaining and also informative in the process.
Great topic, It time for Japan to come out off the shadows, I believe they have learnt from the past and no longer a threat to free nations but now are a partner to free nations. My farther fought in WW2 and survived 4 years fighting the Japanese, he believed near the end off his time that Japan is no longer a threat but a ally that we should be engaging with allot more.
Until their ignorance is resolve from the devilish imperialism they've been, i will not accept their re-armament as a logical basis for every rhetoric they bring. there hubris fumes me of both spite and amity.
Well I wouldn't say that as having Japanese as a neighbor is a pain in the ass sometimes as much as the Chinese. They dumped radiation water that came out of Fukushima disaster in Korean ports over 2017 and 2022. Also the island conflict remains with neighboring countries still.
@謝為則 which country are you from?
"no longer a threat"
Never know how xenophobic japanese people arent you? That have small landmass and population compared to russia and now they gonna spend more than russia, just use your imagination what they gonna do next
Same with my grandfather, except that we all knew the war was a mistake. Mao Zedong killed 60 million chinese and now we regret Japan not having Manchuria and keeping a balance of power. Now China is a threat that America made. In addition, the USA helped Mao Zedong get into power, look up the 50,000 marines in China after the war and American orders to disarm the Japanese in Manchuria and hand it over to the Communists. Notice how the Commies were losing in China but then suddenly took over the resource rich industrialized Japanese Manchuria/Northeast China (and used it as their base to conquer all of China) when we disarmed the Japanese and sent them out and the USA even refused to give the Nationalists the weapons caches from the Japanese and we stood by and let the Commies take over the areas we forced the Japanese to leave in Northeastern China. Henry Kissinger admitted in a book that the USA secretly backed Mao because we thought that communism would set back China by decades (and indeed it did, but also made an angry monster out of it that wants revenge) whereas the USA actually feared a capitalist China under the christian Chiang Kai-Shek would be a threat to America.
Basically WW2 was a mistake, and on the German side that was just us trying to correct the previous American mistake of WW1 of toppling the Kaiser which both Britain's WW1 prime minister (David Lloyd George) and Britain's WW2 prime minister (Churchill) both blamed Hitler's rise on America's demand to remove the Kaiser:
"This war would never have come unless, under American and modernising pressure, we had driven the Habsburgs out of Austria and the Hohenzollerns out of Germany. By making these vacuums we gave the opening for the Hitlerite monster to crawl out of its sewer on to the vacant thrones."
- Winston Churchill, April 1945.
"If your family [Kaiser Wilhelm] remained in power in Germany, I am certain that Mr Hitler would not be giving us any headaches right now"
- David Lloyd George
"I am of the opinion that if the Allies at the peace table at Versailles had not imagined that the sweeping away of long-established dynasties was a form of progress, and if they had allowed a Hohenzollern, a Wittelsbach, and Hapsburg to return to their thrones, there would of been no Hitler. To Germany a symbolic point on which the loyalities of the military classes could centre would have been found." Winston Churchill, 1946.
"For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution."
- Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Leftism Revisited: from de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot
"While countries that have restored monarchy, namely Spain and Cambodia, have returned to democracy, could Dionne make the same observation about monarchies that are now republics? Have Iran, Libya, Romania, Rwanda, Afghanistan and so on benefited from republicanism? No, for all the most murderous regimes in this century have been republics."
- The Rev. Kenneth Gunn-Walberg
My father was a WW2 army air Corp back seater in A24 Banshees. (Dauntless). His
Squadron the 8th was first one in New Guinea. It took him a long time to buy anything Japenese. Based on current circumstances I believe he would see the need and be on board having such a partner. I can still see him holding has hands in the air describing how those zeros could stand on thier tails during combat.
Excellent Cappy. Appreciate the thorough presentation. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for this step for years. It is controversial for some Japanese citizens. But I do believe Japans citizens have extended assistance to other Southeast Asia neighbors as a small amends and to demonstrate non aggression stance. It is a true belief for many. With the various world events you’ve mentioned, self defense for all nations has become more than regional than just local. Japan can be of great importance to the protection of democratic values in that part of the world. Thanks for your hard work and sly humor! 😂👍
I mean who can really blame tham with a little man shooting missles over their country
My father and 2 of his brothers fought the Japanese in Borneo and Papua New Guinea in the 2nd 28th Battalion and thankfully all returned . I don't know how they would react to this but for me after almost 80 years I see them as a friend and partner and very glad that
they are prepared to do their bit in upholding Democracy and Freedom . 🇦🇺🇯🇵
I am 1/2 Japanese and my father was part of the occupational army after WW II...he told me even after the war the GIs and Japnese with distrustful of each other initially, respected each other and McArthur immediately knew how important Japan was to fight communism...
Many WWII combat vets held the Japanese soldiers in high regard as committed and respected adversaries, even though they hated them.
@@theikimashoclub5719 CHINA WAS ALREADY HALFWAY TO COMMUNIST TAKE-OVER BY THE YEAR 1925. MAO WAS A LOCAL COMMUNIST LEADER BY 1925. CHAIRMAN MAO KILLED 65 MILLION OF HIS OWN CHINESE PEOPLE.
Looking at the proximity of China, Russia, and North Korea... I can understand why they would be nervous!
Tell me you don't understand Bushido without telling me you don't lololol.
The issue with China's Belt and Road Initiative is that instead of engaging local contractors to help the local economy, they hire their own state contractor so that their money returns to them.
I really find the videos to provide a very insightful viewpoint both locally and globally.
I think Japan, South Korea and Australia should join forces with the US to form a pact of some sort to counteract against Chinese bullying and North Korean threats.
They should do it independent of the US. I don't trust the American Military and their political masters to fight a hot war against China. Not to mention the Socalism lovers in American society.
I would too, but South Korea may never be able to get there regardless of the US alliance or threat from China.
pretty sure they already have a pact.
or else south korea, japan & australia would not have join usa in invading iraq.
Also the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and New Zealand
S. Korea, and Japan are already pretty much in separate pacts with the US. (separate because relations have suffered due to WW2 atrocities caused by Japan in Korea and pretty much every place they occupied at the time) South Korea and Japan are both (and I think Australia to some degree) extremely close military allies, so if anything it should be South Korean/Japanese relations focus. All three of those countries have joint operation exercises with the US military, and the US has had THAAD systems in place to help protect both South Korea/Japan from NoKo threats already, and they already have joint bases (like JSDF/USAF) in Japan at the very least. So! Pretty much already a thing.
And let's not forget, the US/Japan relations have only gotten stronger since the 3.11.11 tsunami given the fact that the US pulled in military resources from bases in Japan and Korea to help with rescue efforts. Sorry for the rambling, haha.
I think it’s great….Japan is very capable in defending themselves…and I have no doubt they can become an offensive power in the region…they just recently activated the Japanese Marines…that haven’t been around since WW2….I have no doubt Japan will be a valuable ally…
As an American I love Japan and it’s wonderful people and culture. I support them.
Japan is a good friend
They're obedient friends.
For anyone wondering: "I support this message."
This man is quickly becoming a "real life" Jack Ryan.
❤️🇯🇵❤️
Finally we get to see giant battle mechs. 😱
Love your clear, centered approach to the military structural stratagems. We need more honest “regular private” approach to what is now playing out on the corrupt world chessboard.
Thanks! God bless us all in the dark days to come!
15:00 it was very interesting and educational video, but I think you overestimate modern Japan. Oligarchic clans that rule Japan in recent decades have emasculated japanese, and taken away all initiative from them. It's financially more difficult for an ordinary citizen of Japan there ,than for an ordinary chinese in China. I don't think this will benefit their morals.
US, UK, Russia, 1994 : Hey Ukraine, you've got some crazy USSR stockpiles and nukes on your territory, mind giving them up?
Ukraine : It depends, do you guarantee my safety?
US, UK, Russia in Budapest : Yup, don't worry about it.
Russia, 2014 : Actually, Crimea was always mine, and none of you can stop me.
Ukraine : Yeah, I think it's time for me to rearm, damn I miss those nukes now.
Russia, 2022 : Actually, Ukraine wants to come back into the Russian Federation, by force if necessary, and none of you can stop me.
China, 2022 : Oh come on International Community, you can't blame an authoritarian regime for craving a snack every now and then.
Japan, 2022 : Alright, let me rearm real fùcking quick.
Japan 2022: Yare yare daze
Not even Japanese but I’m fully supportive of the Japanese nationalists and their want to remove article 9.
To not have a standing force to defend against the threat China, Russia, and North Korea present, right on their doorstep, would be ridiculous. They are an import nation, they need to protect those imports or their entire country will crumble in a matter of weeks or months.
Also because seeing Japanese forces blowing up enemy targets would be really cool to see, but, you know, not as important.
I don't think it's fair to praise Japan's warriors code of honor considering the atrocities commited by the military during WW2.
For the last 10 years, I worked extensively in SE Asia and Japan's soft power in Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines etc. is both subtle (they don't "advertise ") and overt (so many locals work in these massive campuses). They really are a powerhouse in the region.
Also, Japanese militarism under a near-mythical emperor is much different than that under a parliamentary structure.
Japan and South Korea should have their own version of the Iron Dome like in Israel to shoot down any missiles that are targeted over them. It has been shown to work every time.
Iron dome is intended for close range threats such as short range rockets, artillery and mortars. If anything you'd want something along the lines of the Arrow 3 or David's sling intermediate to long range missile ground defense systems. The US already has THAAD and Patriot Advanced Capability-3 systems deployed in both south Korea and Japan. Unfortunately, no such system will shoot down "any missiles". Even iron dome with its phenomenal success rate is not perfect.
Iron dome work against primitive rocket attack, but almost no chance to stop hypersonic missiles,
It took a depressingly large sacrifice of lives on both sides of WW2's Pacific theater for the Japanese nation to make a clean break from the warlord Shogunate mentality which had been in place for a very long time. I just thank God that the Emperor convinced the generals to set aside their pride and surrender before it went any further than it did! After 70-year warfare-detox, I welcome our allies from the land of the Rising Sun.
Woot!!! go Japan, I'll fight side by side with that beautiful country
A general rule of geopolitics is that democratic nations don't go to war with eachother, if the military reamrmament of Japan is concerning to a country.... it's telling.
Plenty of democratic countries have been to war with each other, especially smaller neighboring states.
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@@irinapetrovich7057 , Liberal Democracy don't.
Another extremely informative video, love this channel.
The thing about Japan is its geopolitical incentive structure hasn't really changed since WW2. It has not enough farmland, no mineral resources, and must build a big navy to protect the trade that is its lifeblood. China is historically isolationist because it is geographically isolationist. It has enough land, men, and resources to be prosperous by itself and that's what the government is likely to return to if the US ever stops protecting global trade.
Ask the Vietnamese, the Koreans, the Tibetans, Turks, Burmese, Mongolians, indigenous Taiwanese, or any number of other peoples how "isolationist" China is.
I kinda agree, Kinda disagree.
China imports like 70% of its oil and 45% of its calories..by sea ..through narrow choke points. China's fleet is not a true deep water fleet and could not keep those choke points open it US or Japan or Australia or India decide to close them. Losing 45 % of its food/fertiliser, 70% of its oil will end any chance of prosperity. Not to mention with the closure of 100% sea lanes would do to the overall export economy.
That said, no one is going to invade mainland China. Maybe just destroy its dams/rail system/seaports and power generation through airstrikes.
Japan OTOH has a true blue water navy.
Other than that I agree.
And the US is also historically isolationist with the resources to support it, but "the business of America is business," and they got tired of European wars disrupting trade so they took over the world navy job from Britain.
@@failstates you could say the same thing about japan. They committed atrocities against china and Korea, and they’ve never apologized. I honestly think china and korea have every right to be nervous about their re militarization.
zeihan much?
Perhaps a Northern route to the Alaskan oilfield, protected by US/Japan would be a strategic foresight to be seriously considered? Also, would keep a eye on Russian assets/ambitions in that area.
The increase in defense expenditure is for self-defense, and there is no idea of invading other countries. The Self-Defense Forces had problems with chronic shortage of ammunition and poor living conditions. With the increase in defense expenses this time, the treatment of Self-Defense Forces personnel will also be improved. Defense expenses require infinite money, but this increase is appropriate for the world situation.
Several years ago while revisiting Vietnam, I was allowed to visit the former Champa area in Central Vietnam which was NOT accessable during the Vietnam War. I was REALLY surprised that most of the financing for exploring this ancient city was being financed by the Japanese Government along with a modern visitor center. In everything that the Japanese have done in this area it is VERY "low key" that the Japanese Government was behind this project!
2 millions North Vietnamese farmers and people died due to the famine caused by the Japanese soldiers burnt our crops as fuel. They died painfully
The project or site you visited is smeared with our ancestors blood.
The Japanese are doing this everywhere to compete for economic and political influence, not out of charity.
its hard for people to forget because of the sheer scale of Imperial Japanese atrocities and the fact that they have never apologised or come to terms with their history like Germany
Well those atrocities were committed by older generation imperial japan young people are not to blame. That being said I do wish they acknowledge their ancestors atrocities just like Germany
@@Gaminglife-sf1oz the state should apologize and teach this history so every new generation of Japanese knows about it. I am not blaming young Japanese generations I am blaming generations of Japanese governments
To put Japan's GDP into perspective, it's nearly as large as all of the economies of Latin America combined.
japan is the retired murder machine that was pushed back into the game.
Been watching a few of your videos lately, and I do enjoy them a lot. I think you’re doing good work getting info out there to people and giving perspective. My only note to give you is you gotta work on the pronunciation of names my guy lmao some of them get absolutely butchered
Good stuff. Japan and South Korea are key to keeping Taiwan free.
History, Japan became a major power because of the Europeans. Who kept attacking China and IndoChina.
While Europeans benefited a little Japan took the lion's share because of their proximity to Asia.
Japan in the coalition with Europeans gladly took territories and have to contend with Weakened China. Until they became an empire and powerful enough to kick Europeans out of Asia in WW2.
Even challenged the industrial Superpower USA in Pearl Harbor.
Likewise today Weakened China , Russia or Asia is very beneficial for Japan. Specially the biggest competition of Japan, South Korea.
Go Japan !
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So long as they don't begin issuing their soldiers shabu(meth), I have no problem with Japan growing it's military. And how could the nation that gave us Mario Bros. be considered bad??
it's important to remember that in Japanese politics, the nationalistic party has been rising in power and popularity, and it's reminiscent of ww2 era politics. In fact the party even glorifies what their predecessors did in ww2, and hails them as heroes. I think Japan needs to strengthen itself in these trying times, however we must also be aware of the divisiveness of their politics and remind ourselves that it's not impossible for history to repeat itself
Yeah amen- they absolutely need to not whitewash themselves of their past war crimes. The citizens are innocent, but how long can it be before someone decides to stir ultranationalism back into the population?
The japanese people have been ana honorable people for over 1000 years. It just took them a good slap in the face to realise that feudalistic imperialism was no longer in vogue, (1945) since then, they have demonstrated that they are a wonderful society. As an american, i am proud to be an ally of Japan.
Japan is an awesome country ! And a great friend and ally.
LOL! It's all funny and games until Japan attacks and invades Korea and colonize her again. And Japan launches a sneak attack against USA again.
@@Clee-os6pvi love Japan because Anime, culture, food, song.........I want Japan become strong country again
@@KIRA-us24hx I may hate the Communist party! But? At least they are better then the Nationalist party based in Taiwan. At least they are making China strong and powerful again before Mongol and Manchuria rule.
Where has this channel been all my life!!!!!
Great vid
Keep doing what you're doing Cappy, keeping us laymen in the geopolitical loop.
US after ww2 : Japan you should not have an army
US after korean war : Japan why don't you have an army
1:28 Russia is just upset because they got bodied by Japan in the Russo-Japanese War where Russia attacked first
The real Asian Empire has now awaken. I love it 🇯🇵
So proud as a friend and ally to Japan
I doubt Japan would want to expand by military force in this day and age. They just want security.
I spent 2 months working in Beijing China back in 2010. I was helping at a factory that was set up to manufacture medical implants.
I really enjoyed my time there, met a number of really nice friendly people and got to see some cool sights.
One thing though that I'll never forget, some of the tour guides that showed me around in my time off, would speak about history and Japan came up multiple times. They HATED the Japanese and spoke about revenge for WW2. You could taste the animosity in the air and I felt that the Chinese military buildup was aimed at Japan, as much as Taiwan.
I hope the Japanese people are fully prepared to defend themselves in the near future!
Do you know the war crimes of Japan and Japan refused to apologize?
@@louisliu459 ..... I know history and am completely aware of the historical facts around WW2.
This has zero to do with my statement OR the fact that many years before the Chinese tried to invade Japan and was only stopped by a major cyclone.
The animosity goes both ways and they have always been at each other. Who's going to stop? Certainly not the Chinese CCP because they believe everyone should either serve them or die.
that invsion was launched by mongol khan, nothing to do with Chinese ppl@@elricofarmer1561
"because they believe everyone should either serve them or die."I don't serve CCP, and I live very well in China@@elricofarmer1561
Japan has the best Navy in Asia. Blue water, well balanced and great logistical ability.
The correct title is, "Why is the Chinese Military Eagerly Preparing for War?" Additionally, it is important to consider why Agnes Chow Ting chose to seek refuge in Canada
what people don't realize is that Bandai has been training Otaku how to put together real life mobile suits in the form of model kits for over 20 years, the Gundam fanbase alone would be enough to sink china.
Great series’s, good topics
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Good believe Japan will win o hell yeah 👍👍 God bless ❤️🙏 Japan 💪💪💪💪👏👏👏🤔
People get fearful when the big nations start to search for their big sticks, but I like that we, now more than ever, seem to be moving more as humankind towards the global status quo of silence spectacles and more towards active aid to the victims of hard power power projection and imperial pursuits.
It’s crazy how well nation building worked in Japan and Germany, but completely failed in the Middle East. I’m confident that Japan is a good ally to the West.
japan may have democracy and a constitution but atleast they are a monarchy
The condition of a person is revealed by his dreams. It would be good to make companions of your dreams and to put forth effort. I like it..
Once they were our enemy, now they’re our friends and allies. The warriors spirit’s always there until is awaken, I’m glad they’re on our side
You know we're in strange times when we're celebrating Germany and Japan massively increasing defense spending
From a long-term view, it is more of a return to normalcy. Ultimately, Germany is always supposed to be the dominant European land power that is the balance to Russia. It's sheer population and economy makes it inevitable. The same for Japan in East Asia as the true counter to the Chinese, at least since the 1870s when both nations emerged on the international scene, Germany as a unified power, and Japan adopting European ways. The US and its junior partners have kept both submerged since 1945, for good reason, and with very positive effect on culture and economy. Forced internal development has often resulted in formerly imperialist nations becoming much more developed economically and in human happiness. Sweden is a great example of a nation that was dragged away from the addiction of conquest and wars on the Continent and forced to develop internally. The outcome is Sweden is a far better off nation in almost every regard than its imperialistic Vasa predecessor. But, it was always inevitable that both Germany and Japan would return to being dominant military powers.
It is strange, but considering their respective alternatives, personally I highly welcome it.
Feels like the sleeping dragons are waking up again, but this time they’re on our side.
@@crownprincesebastianjohano7069 Neither swedes, germans nor japanese are particularly happy people, in essence all three are just slave economies for bigger conglomerates like the EU for example.
@@crownprincesebastianjohano7069 Germany will never return to that Poland will take its place.
Finding a loophole to make a helicopter carrier that's technically a destroyer was a stroke of genius
Just like how some treaty warships pre ww2 were calculating their tonnage... you know, without, food, fuel, ammo or crew. Technically they were within tonnage limits...
It also can launch F-35s with a little modification and is only 100 feet shorter than several WW2 aircraft carriers.
@@Evirthewarrior it’s already launched f-35s
Japan building Aircraft Carriers in 2009
was the reasons why China also built aircraft carriers in 2013.
@@leihtory7423 China buying aircraft carrier in 1998 was the reason why Japan built aircraft carriers
While serving in the U.S. Army, I participated in a joint training exercise alongside the JSDF. The Japanese I served with were all very gracious and professional. I would happily serve alongside them again.
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Only because you nuked them….
Well Japan loves America.
@@CaptainROC-hs2yn and vice versa
Gracious like in Korea and China
A couple of years ago, countries in Scandinavia and the Baltic's started increasing their military by a rather substantial amount, 20 to 30%. Sweden started offering "legacy classes", classes on fishing, hunting, bushcraft, gardening, canning, etc. I thought that was odd, then ruzzia invaded Ukraine and it made sense. They knew something was up. Now it looks like Japan knows they need to get prepared.
It made sense to those of us who were being dismissed as "war mongerers" for saying things like "maybe we should have the bare minimum to defend ourselves and our way of life". Pacifist isolationism is a Chinese and Russian psyop that they fund all over the western world. They want our nations to destroy ourselves from within so they can conquer the remnants.
Japan has always been pretty on the ball about their main land neighbors. The Nationalists in Japanese politics may have resented American partnership and influence, but they've never liked how quickly China grew in the 80s and 90s.
And the rearming of Germany.
@@swirvinbirds1971 yeah, I wonder why 😂 especially after 24.02.22
After Ukraine in 2014 the Swedes came to talk to the British Army about their experience in the Falklands - their theory that the next thing after Ukraine would be Russia invading a non-NATO European country.
Here in the Philippines, it's not just the current subway or other infrastructure development that Japan had been a great help, there are also government and community support. I remember when I was a kid at the 90s, I remember from my mother who works in the government I always hear the initials JICA and how it helped their offices through supplies and trainings. If you dig deeper on what Japan did to help the Philippines through JICA you can find so much things and unlike China it is rarely being publicly announced. So it is not just now that Japan had made a good impression to the Philippines, it's been decades already and we are always thankful for that.
Japanese are respected more than the Chinese in Philippines, for being kinder and more generous and fair to Filipinos who work with them.
I’ve visited the Philippines before, most of the locals I talked to there had very negative feelings towards the Chinese, also it appeared the wealthy were Chinese or Chinese adjacent families. It’s a very weird dichotomy.
@@ChrisDavis333 The negative feelings for Chinese is usually on the current Mainland Chinese, one is from the well known bullying of China in South China Sea or as we call it West Philippine Sea. Second is from some people I know who works in tourism and from media that the Mainland Chinese like what they are known from other countries are rude tourist. And 3rd they do some illegal stuff like drugs and illegal gambling.
The wealthy Chinese living here are said to be Chinese who left China because of poverty or some problems with the government. These Chinese unlike the current Mainland Chinese have made roots in our country through their hard work and develop to themselves some of the Filipino culture thereby these Chinese Filipinos are not mad at.
@@keurikeuri7851 yeah I’m not saying Chinese Filipinos are viewed negatively, just stating a large portion of the wealthy people in the Philippines are of Chinese descent.
It's interesting how some Asian countries now view former occupiers. Philippines prefer Japan over China and Vietnam prefers America over China as well.
2 things you can never underestimate, Japan’s fighting spirit and German engineering.
Neither helped either country last go round, the vastness of their enemies country and millions of bodies thwarted both.
Agreed. It took the combined efforts of the free and not so free world to settle the last two dust ups
@@seansimms8503 lol what? Xd
You know that Nazis, Russians and Japanese had more people than any other nation?
And Russia (ZSRR) to this day have the biggest landmass?
Those three was allies. And ZSSR survived ONLY because of USA Lend-Lease.
@@wiciuwiciu2783 lol, not true, the Soviet Union was an ally first of all, they fought Germany in the West and invaded Japan in the East in Manchuria, Japan was the most populous Axis country at 100 million, Germany was next with 70 to 80 million, Italy had around 35 to 40 million, similar to Frances and England's population...the USA had over 130 million citizens maybe less or more, China and India had well over 300 to 400 million people easily, you know the Soviet Union fought no less than 70% of the German Army while America and Great Britain fought no more than 35%? Lend lease helped, being able to replace 7 million dead soldiers helped even more...Germany had one of three highest kill ratios on the Eastern front in modern warfare and still lost to millions of Red Army soldiers.
@@seansimms8503 you get those info from Russian university?
Yes, the Soviets were allies... With Nazis.
In 1939 Russians (Soviets) attacked Poland. Their "liberation" consisted of making death camps in Syberia (gulags), massive murdering of people that have finished something higher than elementary school (Katyń).
If not for their invasion from the east on September 19, Poland could hold a while longer and Germans would never conquered the rest of the Europe with such ease. They, and only they slaughtered thousands of Slovakians, Romanians and Balkan nations. At least those, who resisted.
Finland would still hold Kolaean peninsula if not "winter war" period.
Hitler used Russians to get some time and east/south secured. When Germans invaded Russia, the red monkeys were losing badly.
THEN, after Pearl Harbor, USA got pissed and stepped into the conflict. USA was also fighting on two fronts; European and Pacific ;)
So to get some things settled in Europe, they shipped thousands of equipment to Russia. (Just compare Russian and USA trucks, planes, engines, kacapy ripped off from Americans)
And yet, Germans didn't lose because of "many Russians". Many Russians died, that's all they fight to this day.
Germany lost in west just because of Hitler's madness for "wunderwaffe", and inferring in military orders.
In east they got trouble with logistics.
And China and India? They didn't do that much. China with all might and help of USA got rid of Japanese from the mainland. And if not nukes and bombing raids (Dolittle)... the Japan could win.
China's population didn't do shit.
And India? They were hungry and dying of starvation. That's it.
Japanese Military Procurement List
1. Mobile suits
2. Variable fighters
3. Super Dimensional Fortress Macross
4. Space Battleship Yamato
5- Giant mech
6- Godzilla
7- Idol Magic girls
8- soldiers from another diminsion
I actually hope the fourth one will appear in the near future
Eva unit 01 & 02
@@dickizzinya9085 no, thats too far, japan doesnt need weapons of mouse destruction
I live in Japan and speak Japanese, I’d like to see how excellent your channel is giving really good news on topics that would otherwise not be understood by many. Great work!
The thing that really urks China about Japan's soft power through infastructure investment in SE Asia is Japanese projects actually work and improve the countries they are built in.
alot of these projects were japan's informal way of paying their moral debt from all the atrocities they committed in ww2. basically to save face.
Japan does it and people know it's not just a plan to hold political blackmail over their heads later. China doesn't get that kind of cooperation when they do the same thing
I really wish Reagan hadn’t nudged Japan to tank their economy in the late 80s. A lot of movies of that era dealt with that fear (see: Die Hard), but seeing the alternative? I’ll take Japanese dominance any day.
@@lemarcoX That and build up countries to have as allies and trading partners in the region.
@@tehbeernerd countries become allies and enemies like the rise and fall of the tide. China and the USA are rivals because of their relative power and likewise the countries of the pacific is drawn to the USA because of their reliance. If Japan had kept growing they would simply be the main rival to the USA instead of China, unless of course you truly believe that it’s possible for a dominant power and a rising power to not be antagonistic to each other?
If I was Japanese I would definitely want a bigger military with how their neighbors are.
I think I'm turning Japanese.
why do you make it sound like japan does not have a giant military.
the whole reason china wants a big military is because japan has a big military.
japan aircraft carrier 2009
china aircraft carrier 2013
@@leihtory7423 Most people associate the respective populations with military capabilities.
The PLA might not be as modernized or developed as the JSDF but they do have a higher population pool to call on.
@@jeffk464 To be fair you want to be ready in case of war. Having a bigger military can't hurt and I'd rather it be Japan than China.
@@leihtory7423 China is no longer a match to Japan. No matter how much Japan spend on military, they will still have a less capable and inferior military compared to China.