"What's behind Japan's big pivot from pacifism..." Simple, North Korea, China, and, Russia are all right next door. They have the good sense to follow the old adage: "Si vis pacem, para bellum".
@@Conserpov I think the Russo-Japanese War was mutual....Russian attack and occupation of the Kurile Islands in WWII was a PUNK move done AFTER the US had already conquered Japan and they were on the verge of surrender.......want to try again?
RIP Abe. It's a shame Kishida is not popular back at home. My dad always complains about him back home but listening to CSIS and other geopolitics I am a fan. We debate this often.
@@user-iz3gv5vo6b Neither of them were ever tried for, or convicted of war crimes. Abe never would have been elected without China’s ceaseless efforts to steal their neighbors territory. I personally thought Abe was a bit of a douche, but China is the sole reason he was in office as long as he was, so that’s who you have to thank for it.
@@Bagledog5000 Nobusuke Kishi was only released from Sugamo prison because some Americans thought that he would be ruthless enough to hunt down and murder any communist sympathizers in Japan. Kishi was nicknamed the "Monster of the Shōwa era" for the atrocities he committed in NE China, he was in Tojo's war cabinet, and he co-signed the declaration of war on the United States as Japan started bombing Pearl Harbor.
Just to put things in perspective, Japan owned 18 aircraft carriers way back in WW2, and China only built its first carrier with highly questionable viability- the Fujian in 2022.
Given Japan's technological edge I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't already or soon will be trilateral treaties between Taiwan, the United States, and Japan to help create tech bases to replicate Taiwanese chip foundries just like they are already doing in the United States.
TSMC just opened fabs in Japan like last month, unlike the US with it's regulations and union workers, building fabs in Japan is way easier. The fabs in Phoenix are hit with delay after delay.
its just sad the US electronic industry had influenced USA government and betrayed Japan in the past. Now USA are paying the price. Japan dominance is essential in the region. USA should have never harm Japan's semiconductor industry.
@@renanstpc momentarily i guess. just the size of the US its hard for Japan to be at the top in the long term but what I'm talking about is the decline of some Japanese industries. Japan had been in stagnation for so long now. US should just let them become the top and US should instead focus on catching up through genuine effort. like boosting research funding and subsidizing. Since US can always catch up.
@@iceteazen There was a real, if brief, wave of Japan-phobia in the 80s and early 90s. It's how the phrase "rice rocket" came to be derogatorily used to bash Japanese made motorcycles and cars. That said, Japan itself was responsible for its bubble and that bubbles subsequent bursting, not the US. The very fact that Japan became - and remains - such an economic powerhouse is a testament to the right way to deal with a defeated former enemy after you defeat them. It's similar to post-WW2 Germany. (WEST GERMANY, at least until the collapse of the USSR and german reunufication of two into one.
Japan is a Good Neighbor,Good Partner. They are an island nation that is Democratic in nature and is 100% reliant on goods imported from Shipping and Air. With a Violent Russia,NK and China just a few hundred miles away it makes sense they are fashioning a Naval force not unlike the Strike Groups The US and NATO employ. The beauty is today's Japan makes some wickedly reliable,safe and deadly accurate Military vessels.
@@giftedtheosQuite amazing actually. Even during WWII when resources were very scarce for Japan, especially late war, the US army research arm had tested bolt-actions from each major nation after the war. The Japanese Arisaka was found to have the strongest bolt receiver out of any nation. Quite impressive since native Japanese metallurgy is quite low quality, compared to say like a Scandinavian nation. Japanese planes of the war get flack for being underarmored and lacking self sealing tanks but this was addressed in new designs after 1942. Quite structurally sound aircraft, and beautiful IMO. Japanese ships were always great. Unfortunately they did not have as much natural oil and resources as us and could not keep up war industry demands
China is NOT afraid of Japan. It is the US who is terrified of China, and tells the whole world that every day! "The China Threat" (FBI dot Gov) "US Officials Warn of New ‘Axis of Evil’ With China at the Fore" (voanews) "Americans Feel More Threat from China Now Than in past Three Decades " (Globalaffairs)
Yet in the region, only Australia is donating military equipment to The Philippines (added a frigate this week too). Why doesn’t Japan help the region instead of just rearming?
@@seanlander9321 Because there is now ar as of yet and their military is still far from where they want to be. No one donated to ukraine before war did they?
Germany has been accepted back into the fold after at\ll the atrocities it committed during ww2, why not Japan - like Germany it is not the same country as it was then!
@@cliffy8100 just said you want forcing Japanese to give their "apology" money to you right? if you want have money so badly now, just go work and stop bitching here
There’s some deep seated political reasons to have an axe to grind against Japan in China. Relations were actually pretty good between the two before the Chinese killed all those folks in Tiananmen Square. After that the Chinese government decided they needed a common outside enemy for their people to hate, and Japan was a convenient scapegoat given past historical atrocities. China also uses past Japanese aggressions to justify their current territory grabs in the Pacific and elsewhere.
M6 grandfather fought the Japanese in WW2. After all this time past, Japan needs to re arm to deter a common threat. Let them be to protect themselves and assist neighbors
Those bringing up Japanese history hear me out. Tbh, I actually think only reason we villainize Japan is because they lost. Yeah they were unethical for what they’ve done in imperialism but so was US, France, UK, Spain… And if you think about it, Japan didn’t really start the war with the US either. It was the US that colonized the Mariana Islands, the Philippines etc… surrounding Japan. They attacked these places with out warning them - a surprise attack. Making a big military base in Hawaii - which isn’t theirs originally. They were slowly making its way to Japan slowly, to the West of the Pacific. It’s very clear it’s the US that was expansionist first. So Japan’s reaction is expected and why can’t Japan attack when the US was attacking everywhere else. In fact, Japan was a completely closed country, a samurai governed country in a traditional system until 1868. Surprisingly, less than hundred years before World War 2 started, Japan was still in Edo Period. And the only reason it ended was the US forcing Japan to open by threatening with them with fire - which showed its intention of colonizing them if they can. (Japan could’ve been the next Philippines or Hawaii). So yeah what Japan did to other Asian and Pacific cultures and people need to be held accountable. To the US and its position as a global power, I feel like it can be justified and much better than other Western powers.
@@CarolineNiggAyaLee-JanetLet me remind you that the japanese were lobbing off heads with swords for sport. No, they were not the same as the European they were far worse. What are they teaching their children exactly? "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it" Yeah, we DO have our animes and videogames. There is an ugly side of japan you don't see. Nationalism that goes beyond patriotism. Honour culture, people taking their own lives still to this day. That is not a coincidence, this is deeply ingrained through generations.
The philippines culture inherited a particular Japanese attitude, which is not surrendering until death..... It's a liked attitude that is somewhat accepted openly in public. Even praised for.
@@吉弘久米 i regret it for telling you that USA embassador in Japan, Rahm is already forcing Japanese PM Kishida to accepting LGBT law in Japan even this LGBT law is never used to own country USA... again USA using Japan as Guinea pig again after killed more than 500.000 Japanese people before...
Japan suspended semiconductor exports to South Korea because South Korea was providing North Korea with military supplies imported from Japan. Japan asked for an explanation, but the South Korean government did not respond, so Japan suspended exports to South Korea in the interest of world peace.
@@elmohead I would also question any number released by the world alphabet organization. Their officials are in the CCP pocket and their purses are lined with red Chinese Yuan.
@@biglucas9874 Explain how we are bullying Japan then? Our troops are there to ensure they don't remilitarize. It is there to enforce regional security.
Those bringing up Japanese history hear me out. Tbh, I actually think only reason we villainize Japan is because they lost. Yeah they were unethical for what they’ve done in imperialism but so was US, France, UK, Spain… And if you think about it, Japan didn’t really start the war with the US either. It was the US that colonized the Mariana Islands, the Philippines etc… surrounding Japan. Making a big military base in Hawaii. They were slowly making its way to Japan slowly, to the West of the Pacific. It’s very clear it’s the US that was expansionist first. In fact, Japan was a completely closed country, a samurai governed country in a traditional system until 1868. Surprisingly, less than hundred years before World War 2 started, Japan was still in Edo Period. And the only reason it ended was the US forcing Japan to open by threatening with them with fire - which showed its intention of colonizing them if they can. (Japan could’ve been the next Philippines or Hawaii). So yeah what Japan did to other Asian and Pacific cultures and people need to be held accountable. To the US and its position as a global power, I feel like it can be justified and much better than other Western powers.
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I think Japan should get the VARS system for their V-22s. This will allow their Helicopter Destroyers to provide significant assistance in a natural disaster, allow them to supply their fleet from longer distances & allow their F-35Bs to have an extended range without using land based refueling aircraft. The Pacific is unbelievably large, having the extended range would make their fleet much more versatile. On a side note: The US army is developing & testing a nuclear power plant that is a series of 20' shipping containers. They are connected together & produce 1 - 5 MWh of power. I've been told you can make synthetic liquid fuels (like JP-5) with just air, sea water & electricity) I don't know if they would ever use it, but having a self-filling fuel tanker would be quite useful, both in the military & in providing aid during natural disasters.
The new technology that has been created in the East has made Navies obsolete. With China and Russia's GPS systems, the US can no longer hide our assets and with China and Russia's hypersonic technology, ships will be blown out of the water in the middle of the ocean. This is a new world order, and it doesn't include the US and the west as the master race any longer.
With how the Pacific is becoming a tinderbox, I don't blame Japan for rearming and moving towards a higher level of militarism. WW2 happened, but that was 80 years ago or so. Very few people from them are still alive, so giving Japan a chance I think is a good thing
@@akudapapua Exactly they have given so much to the world since than and I think China and North Korea has been trying to take advantage of its pacifist policy of the past.
@user-ge5vf5md7r agreed. South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia aren't big militaries and not exactly enough money to adapt quickly. Japan, however, has the money and ability to adapt quickly. WW2 and previous wars really show this off. Not to dismiss the other countries but an alliance between Japan, Australia, and the US is a benefit to Pacific Stability
"I hate to see Japan have to re-arm" i don't know dude, yur country have full military, even Germany have full military as well, and you have no problem with both of them somehow you hate when seeing Japan have full military.... why westerner is love being hypocrisy?
Modern Japan can be trusted as regional military power that can assist American stabilization in the region with a growing aggressive China and North Korea. This can buy time for the American military to reinforce the region due to the vast distance between the mainland and the region of conflict. As for America's Northern and Southern partners are unreliable.
That's not the only issue. At least not for China. The Japanese navy is becoming a truly magnificent force in and of itself. Now suppose a crisis comes around where the aggresive China will suddenly have to face both the US and the Japanese navies working together full force. That would be one very dangerous and well armed enemy to contemplate. Especially since China is not unaware of both countries being high quality, high production, high yield weaponry if the economy will suddenly shift towards a war economy, while China is to a large extend far behind in both production and quality, not to mention that even though they have electronic knowledge far surpassing Russia, they are still not quite up to par with either Japan or the US, meaning that they can produce guided weapons, but they would still be a generation, most likely 2 generations behind. Not much in terms of years and ideas, but a significant disadvantage in a war. They can employ defensive countermeasures through guerilla tactics to a degree most unpleasant to Japan and the US, but this also means that they cannot have the strategic initiative at the same time. And that would leave only nukes to regain initiative. A choice that even China has to recognize as a less than desirable choice because they are fully aware that the US can redirect their nukes to be targeted on China within minutes (Don't tell me that the US are not already in possesion of a full target resolution plan for both infrastructure and military hubs in case of a nuke threat). And Chinese are not dumb. They are fully aware that even if they manage to hit some missiles before reaching their target, the cost to China would still be so humongous that it could ultimately cost them the victory. Not a total defeat and occupation, but an attrition that they would never be able to break free from. So meating a naval threat like the US and Japan put together, and aided by other nations even if less impressive might just be the challenge they don't need.
@@Jens-Viper-Nobel Thinking China is behind in production and quality is hilarious. China is a manufacturing superpower. No one comes close to them. In a wartime economy, I cannot imagine the amount of things and with speed they'd be pumping up. Russia is currently outproducing the US and European countries in artillery shell production and they have nowhere near the industrial capacity of China. Saying they're not "up to par with Japan" is hilarious. China doesn't think about them at all. And stop with this stupid nuke fantasizing talk. China has a no-first-use strike policy. So if they end up using them, it'll be because someone nuked them first.
i really wish you could say the same if someone went to your home and murdered your family and everyone you cared and loved. And some decades later they are like "past is past", and you'd be like noding "dont live in shame
With Australia and many European powers spending so little on their own military, its Japan, and Korea who will take the lead and are trusted partners to lead in the West
Personally I think more credit should be given to Australia, they are more involved in understanding the rise of threat they are facing and have been more cooperative. Meantime I'm excited we get to help many of these Asian countries from South Korea, the Philippines, and Japan, very proud that both the Philippines and the Japanese are stepping up to the task. That said I worry about South Koreans, unlike the Philippines who have embraced Japan in this new role, we might need to find a way for the Koreans to trust Japan. In the meantime I'm interested in how put relationship with India will form, they have a ways to go but I'm putting my bet that if the country can strengthen itself, it has a good future being more involved as a possible superpower. It would be nice having another superpower to help relieve the stress from the US, the Indian government seemed to have wanted to be a more peacemaker but China has pushed them too far it seems. Mixed with Europe, there are a good handful who are trustworthy, but there are too many that are making us question our involvement with NATO. To many have soured our trust, rather work with the Quad alliance than NATO where we get crucified asking why we have to carry the majority of the load all the time. Too many Europeans have demonstrated they don't care or like us, so why send our troops to die in a foreign country that doesn't like them?
wrong , Australia spends a higher percentage of its money on defense than European and Asian Countries spend only Russia and China outspend Australia in the East/southern parts of the world it has under 30m people it spends a lot for its population size.
Honestly i hope to see Japanese mechs one day. Hopefully its not a AI controlled transformer as i fear Megatron being made. But if human pilots are inside it would be quite a time to be alive, imagine a flying suit of armour perhaps even able to get you to the moon and beyond
Taiwan and South Korea actually appreciated what Japan did economically during its colonial era. European colonialism was about sucking raw materials from the colonies but the Japanese idea was to actually turn its colonies into a miniature version of Japan. There are still lots of Japanese influence left behind in those places and it’s also why Taiwan and South Korea redeveloped quickly postwar because Japan had already laid the foundation work during its colonial era.
The editing is clean, but anachronistically showing modern borders while talking about past states and glossing over important events does not give an honest presentation to viewers
No, that is the USA. China has a larger and more advanced military. China and Russia are a decade ahead of the US since the US sat on it's laurels after the fall of the USSR.
I am surprised to learn the favorable rating for Japan in Taiwan isn't overwhelming. Though China put Taiwan on its map in the 17th century, China had NO desire to cultivate Taiwan. The conquest of Taiwan was only aimed at eliminating its enemy who fled to Taiwan following a civil war. Essentially China ignored Taiwan for 200+ years when Taiwan was part of China on paper. In fact, China placed a travel ban to discourage its people from migrating to Taiwan! This is why though Taiwan and Korea were both Japanese colonies during the 1st half of the 20th century, the Koreans still today hold a strong animosity toward Japan because the Koreans didn't exist under the Korean kingdom in name only. When China ceded Taiwan to Japan in 1895 as a permanent Japanese sovereign, the Taiwanese learned to read and write for the 1st time in history during this colonization. Taiwan went from a godforsaken fringe territory under Chinese rule to a model colony under the Japanese empire and became the 2nd strongest economy in Asia by the end of WWII, only behind the Japanese homeland. As a result, many Taiwanese held a nostalgic sentiment toward Japan long after the latter was expelled by the Nationalist Chinese who came to occupy Taiwan at the end of WWII. The word, occupy, is so chosen because NO ONE ever signed a treaty to transfer Taiwan back to China! If I have to guess, I assume the unfavorable rating is given by the Nationalist Chinese on Taiwan. Unlike the Taiwanese, ie. people who have been in Taiwan for centuries and are the beneficiaries of the Japanese expansion, the Nationalist Chinese are the victims of this endeavor since they were still on the mainland during WWII.
true, Taiwan is the one of many pro-Japanese Asian countries and the highest pro-Japanese in Asia like Thailand Kingdom i think this channel is just taking from edited left-wing website, Wikipedia afterall also i adding information about KMT in Taiwan, the fact that not only that KMT occupy Taiwan, - KMT also did bring hyperinflation (because KMT want exploit Taiwanese for buying US guns) that causing February 28 incident - KMT imposed harsh political suppression by accusing 100 thousand Taiwanese (and Japanese in Taiwan) as leftists or pro-communist, the fact that almost all of them is just pro-Japanese and members of indigenous autonomous movement - and KMT starting "White Terror" that killed =/- 4 thousand Taiwanese and Taiwan Japanese - banning to speaking and learning Taiwanese and Japanese language in Taiwan schools, forcing all Taiwanese students to speaking Chinese and being fanatic cults to KMT (ironic that KMT is enemy of CCP but going same like how CCP did in China schools) - etc that why many older Taiwanese and younger Taiwanese is being pro-Japanese especially for many older Taiwanese who living in modernization and Golden Age of Japanese Empire like Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui is giga chad, he anyway speaking the truth that anyway piss off both Communist China and KMT alot, how you know that Lee Teng-hui speaking the truth? i mean if you speak something that making CCP and KMT get mad on you, that mean you speaking the truth. that why many Taiwanese love Lee Teng-hui
I mean scars run deep you know. Even though it was 80+ years ago the things Japan did to China during WWII were horrifying and seeing the people who did that start building up a military again is... Concerning to those who were once victims of their terror at its peak
@@ProfNekko as Indonesia Chinese we don't scared about Japanese build up, the fact we need Japanese military when we talking about South China Sea and invasion of Taiwan by CCP We only hate CCP because they're anyway making us Chinese look very bad here, i mean who care about 80 years ago when we have genocider communist party here today? Those Chinese who hate Japanese or scared over Japanese military is a little pink or in westerner internet known as wumao they're being brainwashed to become pro-CCP and anti-japanese for their life You guys anyway get anti-japanese proaganda almost everyday so i will not surprised that you guys also become wumao too
China's aggressive behavior has made it necessary for a nation's like Japan and the Philippines to rearm themselves considerably. I would definitely put Australia in that group also. More of us strengthening of their military than a rearming.
@@lelianarochefort3077 SEA countries want to stay neutral due to us not having strategic weapons in our possession, so we have to resort to neutrality to ensure that we don't get dragged into any large scale conflict, or, y'know, get nuked by Russia or China. Our friendly ties with the US is the only other deterrent we have. From: Singapore
I think it’s about equal to what’s happening in response to Russian aggression in Europe it’s really understandable that they want to be able to defend against a dictator who thinks the sea and other countries are his to take if and when it pleases them to do so…….. I’m my opinion these so-called dictators need to think what’s happening all across the world. Even previous neutral countries are joining in defense if this escalates further we could end up, not in a new Cold War but in a new world war!
You mean US aggression. The war in the ukraine is a US proxy war to reestablish dominance over the East. Why should Russia allow that? Read up on the Cuban missile crisis and you will understand the reason Russia had to go to war. This is a national security issue for Russia. The US is the one at fault and the clowns in DC are destroying our economy.
Why would they, everyone in that region has a modern military now, no one has an advantage over anyone militarily, the only advantage now is size and population.
Let's all recognize the fact that Japan has the inherent right to develop and maintain its own powerful armed forces like all other nations. Sometimes, strong fences will not deter a determined aggressor like China, North Korea, and Russia. In a community that is increasingly threatened with outright violence, a man has to have a bigger gun not only to defend his home but also those of his friends.
Japan has never changed in their core heart, if you give them freedom to develop the military, then they could become next military power to invade others within one century.
@@pipiqiqi4010 No nation can dictate another nation whether or not it can have the freedom to develop its own military. Every nation has that inherent right and freedom. That Japan is wielding it again says a lot about the threats it perceives from the menacing actions of its neighbors. China, Russia, and North Korea - the three bullies - only respond to strength and the threat of such retaliatory violence that can leave no doubt in their minds that the price of their aggression will be unconscionable.
@@mads2a I agree with you if your statement is for other countries, but it can't be accepted for Japan. don't forget what the Japanese had done when they invaded the neighbouring countries, such as China and Korea. even now they haven't admitted their atrocities and apologise to the victoms from its heart. every year their high level officials worship the world war II criminals in Yasukuni Shrine, which made the surrounding victoms countries very disappointed and angery. so if Japan can have the normal military, China and Korean will be the first countries to opposite.
As the occupying powers, if Australia and America decide that Japan can be trusted after they defeated and civilised it, then let’s move on and reinforce alliances.
I think time has put what happened 70 years ago into greater context... and horrific 'domestic so-called cleansing' that regimes such as Stalin's USSR and Mao's CCP have inflicted upon the people within their area of control have had an impact as well. The focus that some of these nations put on Japan's atrocities often deflect their citizens from the ones that they themselves perpetrated. In reality... both are horrific. I would say credit for "civilizing" Japan doesn't so-much go to the conquerors, as much as it does to the will of the Japanese people themselves. A beaten nation can choose NOT to change, after all. Certainly, the Japan of today feels like a completely different nation than Imperial Japan... but I suppose that's true of many nations. Rwanda comes to mind as well. They've the horrific genocide between the Hutu and Tutsis behind them and are a completely different nation as well.
@@TheNewGreenIsBlue Certainly Japan has developed, but only due to having peace and democracy forced on them by defeat and occupation, it wasn’t going to happen otherwise.
Strong South Korea and Japan is a reliable Allie the UNited States needs in the region to counter China. India stepping up and Austrlia as another strong allie. Philippines hopefully another allie to build up. Make China think twice.
@@rain4279 where you wasn't even alive. So tell me, what barbaric past did they have that has affected you in your personal life? lmao, nothing. Thats like literally anyone in the U.k, Europe etc saying "yeah yeah, them german boys ruined my life but i was born in 89".
Grandpa you can trust? The said grandpas of Japan don’t even teach their young people the correct history and actively distort their school textbooks to rewrite history in their favor hence why so many Japanese are either offended or speechless when they’re told the truth. Most Japanese still think they’re the “victims” of WW2 because of nuclear bombings which is just hilarious.
It is important to create a situation where war does not occur, as West Germany once tried to do. Balance of power is the iron law of peace. Japan alone cannot cope with China's ship-building race and missile deployment. Perhaps a framework that includes Vietnam, the Philippines, New Zealand, and other countries in the quad will be necessary. The F35A with shared B61 bombs and four strategic missile submarines leased from the U.S. would be a realistic approach to deter war.
NATO would win within about 6 months. That's how long it would take NATO to fully exhaust Russian equipment that means on land sea and air but it would come at a cost to NATO. It won't be easy. It won't be like going into Afghanistan or Iraq. Russia has an air Force and missile defense and they can produce munitions faster than NATO but NATO would take out their capability to make these munitions causing Russia to pull munitions from its already exhausted reserves thanks to Ukraine. NATO would also disrupt Russia logistically by gaining air superiority and denying Russia the ability to send equipment by air or rail. Although Russia has air defense America and NATO have ways to trick and fool their air defense systems. NATO wouldn't want to conquer Russia though we just want to dismantle it's corrupt dictatorship of a government because it's just too much of a thorn in the side to NATO. Not Russia itself but the government of Russia.
12:22 Japan has never been a colony of Western countries, and many Southeast Asian leaders of the time see Japan as a pioneer that liberated Southeast Asian countries from European colonial rule during World War II. From the postwar period to recent years, Japan has been actively involved in infrastructure development and human resource development in Southeast Asia, and as a result, it is still the most trusted country in Asia today. This is the result of a public opinion survey published annually by the Singapore think tank (ISEAS). Although China's presence has been increasing in recent years, no country in Southeast Asia can match Japan in terms of trust and investment.
However, anti-Japanese sentiment remains strong in the Korean Peninsula, which was colonized by Japan for 35 years, and although the current president is pro-Japanese, it is expected that he will once again adopt an anti-Japanese stance if the administration changes. Similarly, anti-Japanese sentiment remains strong in China due to Japan's invasion during World War II.
Why do ppl think Japan and China will fight? The world should know that we Japanese follow the rules very precisely. Our law says we will not wage war. We are very busy of making jav! NO TIME FOR WAR
the country of east Asia should not worry about Japan they are not the fascist power of 1939 instead all they want is peace security and the right to self determination
Those bringing up Japanese history hear me out. Tbh, I actually think only reason we villainize Japan is because they lost. Yeah they were unethical for what they’ve done in imperialism but so was US, France, UK, Spain… And if you think about it, Japan didn’t really start the war with the US either. It was the US that colonized the Mariana Islands, the Philippines etc… surrounding Japan. They attacked these places with out warning them - a surprise attack. Making a big military base in Hawaii - which isn’t theirs originally. They were slowly making its way to Japan slowly, to the West of the Pacific. It’s very clear it’s the US that was expansionist first. So Japan’s reaction is expected and why can’t Japan attack when the US was attacking everywhere else. In fact, Japan was a completely closed country, a samurai governed country in a traditional system until 1868. Surprisingly, less than hundred years before World War 2 started, Japan was still in Edo Period. And the only reason it ended was the US forcing Japan to open by threatening with them with fire - which showed its intention of colonizing them if they can. (Japan could’ve been the next Philippines or Hawaii). So yeah what Japan did to other Asian and Pacific cultures and people need to be held accountable. To the US and its position as a global power, I feel like it can be justified and much better than other Western powers.
Japan 🇯🇵 has the quality to overwhelm quantity of china and technology wise japan is still a way ahead of china and china already lost 2 wars with japan so china don’t have the spine to go to war with japan. Infact Deng ideal role model is japan and china is a cheap copy of japan which could not match its quality
As hinted, Hideyoshi's main motivation for invading Korea was to employ Japanese soldiers which might otherwise have been used against him. The ambitions of invading China were never real. Japan did gain valuable technology from the invasion.
War is all about $$$ and it always has been. Imperial Japan wasn't all about the money (on the cultural level) but after having been "reinvented" by the USA after WW2 it is moreso now will be. This is what makes me unsure of Japanese fighting abilities regarding, moral and unit cohesiveness being anywhere near what they were in the 2nd World War. Japan at the time of WW2 had about 200 western modeled division sized units of about 17-18k men each based on a population of around 100 million people. The IJA also had six armoured divisions and various parachute units. The IJN, and lets face it, had many ground based units usually of regiment to brigade sized, engineers, artillery, flak, etc etc.. Then there were support units of and for both branches of various sizes also. Anyway, that was 80 years ago and what we really learned from Japan in WW2 is just how big a military Japan can form if they really have to expand to their maximum strength. Organizationally, what they retained from their Army of the pre-war era and what's new and/or American modeled needs some serious investigation. Which I haven't done yet. As far as the lessons learned from the war time IJN, fighting the USA and the UK just about all of the time, with a few skirmishes thrown in early in 1942 with the Dutch Navy, they are likely be far more interesting, lasting and useful. As Japanese rearmament proceeds, (they already have a BIG, though non-nuclear Navy) just how and what they prioritze going forward for both offensive and defensive operations with their Allies, that being the USA, Taiwan and just what kind weaponary they'll be needing for those operations. Also, if Japan wanted to build a partilly nuclear powered NAVY they can do it pretty easily. I'm sure they have the blueprints, ship designs and everything they need to do it with. "Friends" of the USA in East Asia are going to, whether they like it or not, be needing Japanese military assistance against China and/or (in every conceivable war scenario. Is Japan going to be able to maintain it's very fearsome military reputation well earned in the 20th Century moving into the 21st Century? That is the GIANT question to friend and foe alike when and/or if East Asia becomes a major warzone yet again. This is the question that our finest military mind, Secretary of Defense, (formerly known as "the War Department") retired Full General (4-Star General) and former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff of the most powerful military in World History! Things are moving very fast nowadays and we, the American people have to have the answers to these extremely important questions from our top soldier if only for reassurance if for nothing else.
i think Japan has proven that they like peace, and should be able to have their own standing army, and should have the right to defend themselvs and their allies. i allso think that we should help them if anyone attacks them too, not like in Ukraine, but i mean full scale support with troops, naval and air power. Japan is to valuble as a friend to let anyone take them from us. pretty much everyone wants to be thinr friend and we should spend more time nurturing our friendship with them.
Do you know many Japanese dislikes US because humiliating and still occupying Japan. Many Japanese think they are Colony of the US. I read all those comments but none of them really understand about Japan. Very stereotypical and old images from WW2.
@@NightnDay402 ---Considering the history of entirely too many Americans stationed in Japan, I don't blame them for wanting our bases gone. I don't see why any Japanese citizen would consider themselves to be a colony of the U.S. though, and think the idea is ludicrous. If most of the Japanese people wanted us gone, then we would be gone. We don't need bases there to be their ally, but we're better allies with the bases, as they are very convenient for reaching East Asia in defense of Japan.
@@NightnDay402 you forget how the US helped them rebuild their country after the war. and that they even promised to defend the country in the event of any attacks so they could focus their efforts to rebuild as well. i am not naive about the past, and Japan were no saints either during the war or the past leading up to the war. but post war they had a pretty intense turn-around in ideology and way of doing things. and the americans aren't occupying their country, they have signed defence treaties wich had them make army bases in certain areas in order to defend japan as well as keep an eye on Russia and China, so it was for mutual benefits.
@user-yv6mh5oc6e LMAO,Then how do you answer why a cup in the US Army costs thousands of dollars and a toilet tens of thousands of dollars? What is this? What reason?
I think Japan will become a great ally. They are great warriors. Glad to see they’re moving in the right direction. I will pray for the protection of Japan also.😊
Japan has been “pacifist, but with self defence capabilities” since 1946. Allowing Japan to re-arm on a large modern scale will create a combined military with state of the art everything. Not to forget that Bushido is still there, just waiting to re-emerge. Terrifying.
Japan can ,literally overnight, turn into a huge Nuclear/Missile power. Its Navy is eons ahead of the rubbish PLA navy. Yes--the Chinese are right to be terrified of Japan on the rise. We in India love this new attitude in Japan.
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"What's behind Japan's big pivot from pacifism..." Simple, North Korea, China, and, Russia are all right next door. They have the good sense to follow the old adage: "Si vis pacem, para bellum".
You mean 3 countries that Japan and its master USA attacked and invaded repeatedly?
Projection, always projection.
Those are countries that Japan attacked in the past.
Projection is the word.
@@Conserpov *lack of trust, insurance of durable trade routes
@@Conserpov I think the Russo-Japanese War was mutual....Russian attack and occupation of the Kurile Islands in WWII was a PUNK move done AFTER the US had already conquered Japan and they were on the verge of surrender.......want to try again?
@@michaelkendall662
You probably can't even find Japan on the map, that much is clear.
Kashida has made some great improvements to the Japanese military, however none of it would have been possible without Abe before him.
Abe is the modern NINJA, THE FATAL ONE 😊😊😊😊
RIP Abe. It's a shame Kishida is not popular back at home. My dad always complains about him back home but listening to CSIS and other geopolitics I am a fan. We debate this often.
It's good that Abe's now joined both of his war-criminal grandfathers.
@@user-iz3gv5vo6b
Neither of them were ever tried for, or convicted of war crimes. Abe never would have been elected without China’s ceaseless efforts to steal their neighbors territory. I personally thought Abe was a bit of a douche, but China is the sole reason he was in office as long as he was, so that’s who you have to thank for it.
@@Bagledog5000 Nobusuke Kishi was only released from Sugamo prison because some Americans thought that he would be ruthless enough to hunt down and murder any communist sympathizers in Japan. Kishi was nicknamed the "Monster of the Shōwa era" for the atrocities he committed in NE China, he was in Tojo's war cabinet, and he co-signed the declaration of war on the United States as Japan started bombing Pearl Harbor.
Germany: I'm proude of you old friend
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italy: long live japan
Deutschland = Baumkuchen for Japan "NomNomNom Oishi"🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵
Two WWII criminal countries at it again
@@yaoxun Heroic*
Allies were criminal.
They all still friends nothing has changed since the ww2 😅
I know why China is scared of Japan without watching this video, Japan's build quality is second to none and their stuff works.
Japan and Germany has the best Build quality
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Hmmm......
Japan has friends, China has….Russia
@@BeerGutGuyRussia has .. gas and oil
You must be kidding 😅 . Making fake things Japan is second to none
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As a Filipino we welcome a Powerful Japan.💪🏽👊🏽
So they can invade you again? Oh, I forgot, they said that they were freeing you from American colonialism.
Until you get colonized that is
@@troy5094 past is past
@@XinYi1836 你係中國人？
@@XinYi1836 Your failed state was better off under US rule. And before you get upset like so many failipinos were -> past is past.
Just to put things in perspective, Japan owned 18 aircraft carriers way back in WW2, and China only built its first carrier with highly questionable viability- the Fujian in 2022.
This is the difference between a sea power and a land power country
@@apocain more like the difference a tier 0 industrial power vs a world factory for e-waste and textiles
WW2 carriers aren't the same as today's carriers.
@@elmohead and your point being? AFAIK, Japan didn't have access to 21st century technology or a global supply chain 😂
二战那破船，中国现在能给你造1000艘
As a Filipino, I welcome the blossoming defense relationship between our two countries.
日本を許してくれてありがとうございます🎉❤これから良い関係が続きますように
Given Japan's technological edge I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't already or soon will be trilateral treaties between Taiwan, the United States, and Japan to help create tech bases to replicate Taiwanese chip foundries just like they are already doing in the United States.
TSMC just opened fabs in Japan like last month, unlike the US with it's regulations and union workers, building fabs in Japan is way easier. The fabs in Phoenix are hit with delay after delay.
its just sad the US electronic industry had influenced USA government and betrayed Japan in the past. Now USA are paying the price. Japan dominance is essential in the region. USA should have never harm Japan's semiconductor industry.
@@iceteazen
Wouldn't Japan have surpassed the USA as economic power if nothing had been done?
@@renanstpc momentarily i guess. just the size of the US its hard for Japan to be at the top in the long term but what I'm talking about is the decline of some Japanese industries. Japan had been in stagnation for so long now. US should just let them become the top and US should instead focus on catching up through genuine effort. like boosting research funding and subsidizing. Since US can always catch up.
@@iceteazen There was a real, if brief, wave of Japan-phobia in the 80s and early 90s. It's how the phrase "rice rocket" came to be derogatorily used to bash Japanese made motorcycles and cars. That said, Japan itself was responsible for its bubble and that bubbles subsequent bursting, not the US. The very fact that Japan became - and remains - such an economic powerhouse is a testament to the right way to deal with a defeated former enemy after you defeat them. It's similar to post-WW2 Germany. (WEST GERMANY, at least until the collapse of the USSR and german reunufication of two into one.
Like to see Japan 🇯🇵 to be more assertive militarily from the Philippines 🇵🇭
Japan is a Good Neighbor,Good Partner. They are an island nation that is Democratic in nature and is 100% reliant on goods imported from Shipping and Air. With a Violent Russia,NK and China just a few hundred miles away it makes sense they are fashioning a Naval force not unlike the Strike Groups The US and NATO employ. The beauty is today's Japan makes some wickedly reliable,safe and deadly accurate Military vessels.
Japan has always been great at super high quality manufacturing
@@giftedtheosQuite amazing actually. Even during WWII when resources were very scarce for Japan, especially late war, the US army research arm had tested bolt-actions from each major nation after the war. The Japanese Arisaka was found to have the strongest bolt receiver out of any nation.
Quite impressive since native Japanese metallurgy is quite low quality, compared to say like a Scandinavian nation.
Japanese planes of the war get flack for being underarmored and lacking self sealing tanks but this was addressed in new designs after 1942. Quite structurally sound aircraft, and beautiful IMO. Japanese ships were always great. Unfortunately they did not have as much natural oil and resources as us and could not keep up war industry demands
China is NOT afraid of Japan.
It is the US who is terrified of China, and tells the whole world that every day!
"The China Threat" (FBI dot Gov)
"US Officials Warn of New ‘Axis of Evil’ With China at the Fore" (voanews)
"Americans Feel More Threat from China Now Than in past Three Decades " (Globalaffairs)
Japan is an American vassal state. LOL
@@giftedtheos And US killed Japanese economic miracle starting with the 1985 Plaza Accord. Japan has never recovered from that.
Japan is preparing to make the anime Gate into a reality.
You will never have a hot elf girlfriend.
@@Hexapon1Aragon is my hero
@@commenttuff8891based
Don't worry we have Gundam.
japan and germany on the same team with USA
LOL, they're both dedollarizing.
Japan’s still third biggest economy. That alone should be enough to worry the XJP clique.
Why ??? Lecture netanyahu
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ドイツにGDP抜かれたんすよ
@@Oda_Chunidora GDPが全てではないのは分かっておるじゃろ？
🇬🇧 🇯🇵 japan are definitely powerful!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Yeah, sure. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
China's action in West Philippine Sea has enabled Japan to regain its status as military might in ASIA!
Yet in the region, only Australia is donating military equipment to The Philippines (added a frigate this week too). Why doesn’t Japan help the region instead of just rearming?
LOL, Japan is weak and cannot win against China.
@@seanlander9321 Because there is now ar as of yet and their military is still far from where they want to be. No one donated to ukraine before war did they?
RIP Shinzo Abe 😔
🇯🇵🙏 Amen 🙏 🇯🇵
日本って国内の治安がいいけど、その代わり近くの国の治安が悪過ぎる。😂
ほんとになw
Germany has been accepted back into the fold after at\ll the atrocities it committed during ww2, why not Japan - like Germany it is not the same country as it was then!
GERMANY made amends n apologise .Japan didn't n believe WWll atrocities didn't happen? Why?
Germans live on moral high ground now.
@@cliffy8100 just said you want forcing Japanese to give their "apology" money to you right?
if you want have money so badly now, just go work and stop bitching here
There’s some deep seated political reasons to have an axe to grind against Japan in China. Relations were actually pretty good between the two before the Chinese killed all those folks in Tiananmen Square. After that the Chinese government decided they needed a common outside enemy for their people to hate, and Japan was a convenient scapegoat given past historical atrocities. China also uses past Japanese aggressions to justify their current territory grabs in the Pacific and elsewhere.
@@Bagledog5000 That doesn't explain why South Koreans have absolutely demolished views on Japan, as well as Taiwanese mainlanders, hmm...
M6 grandfather fought the Japanese in WW2. After all this time past, Japan needs to re arm to deter a common threat.
Let them be to protect themselves and assist neighbors
Those bringing up Japanese history hear me out. Tbh, I actually think only reason we villainize Japan is because they lost. Yeah they were unethical for what they’ve done in imperialism but so was US, France, UK, Spain…
And if you think about it, Japan didn’t really start the war with the US either. It was the US that colonized the Mariana Islands, the Philippines etc… surrounding Japan. They attacked these places with out warning them - a surprise attack. Making a big military base in Hawaii - which isn’t theirs originally. They were slowly making its way to Japan slowly, to the West of the Pacific. It’s very clear it’s the US that was expansionist first. So Japan’s reaction is expected and why can’t Japan attack when the US was attacking everywhere else.
In fact, Japan was a completely closed country, a samurai governed country in a traditional system until 1868. Surprisingly, less than hundred years before World War 2 started, Japan was still in Edo Period. And the only reason it ended was the US forcing Japan to open by threatening with them with fire - which showed its intention of colonizing them if they can. (Japan could’ve been the next Philippines or Hawaii).
So yeah what Japan did to other Asian and Pacific cultures and people need to be held accountable. To the US and its position as a global power, I feel like it can be justified and much better than other Western powers.
@@CarolineNiggAyaLee-JanetLet me remind you that the japanese were lobbing off heads with swords for sport. No, they were not the same as the European they were far worse. What are they teaching their children exactly?
"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it"
Yeah, we DO have our animes and videogames. There is an ugly side of japan you don't see. Nationalism that goes beyond patriotism. Honour culture, people taking their own lives still to this day. That is not a coincidence, this is deeply ingrained through generations.
As an American, I would worry that we would have a situation like Ukraine. With parts of the US unwilling to help. I think they are being smart.
but they will be forced to help when the war comes to there door step one way or another.
There will be nobody unwilling to help after this November, as the MAGAts will be voted out of both office and relevance.
The US is committed to defend Japan per Article 5 of the treaty between the US and Japan. Such a treaty does not exists with Ukraine.
Learn from Isreal, is US going to attack Iran?
It is US national interest First. PHILIPPINES is only Pawn.
@@michaelj.beglinjr.2804 You're not taking your meds - please, our guests must suspect nothing !
The philippines culture inherited a particular Japanese attitude, which is not surrendering until death..... It's a liked attitude that is somewhat accepted openly in public. Even praised for.
@@jasonbraza9517 its called persistent , resilient and relentless
You lean from being Colonised in WWII 👍
日本是一个相忍为谋的国家。屈服于唐朝，美国。如果一旦不受控制，就会噬主。
@@wionporky9937if it's between China or USA we'll pick USA any day
@@AG-en5yyea. At least the joes don't eat cats and dogs
USS Japan is the largest aircraft carrier in history!
Japans aircraft carries were sunk.
I thought that was Hawaii?
At least Japan isn’t an lgbtq state
@@吉弘久米 i regret it for telling you that USA embassador in Japan, Rahm is already forcing Japanese PM Kishida to accepting LGBT law in Japan
even this LGBT law is never used to own country USA... again USA using Japan as Guinea pig again after killed more than 500.000 Japanese people before...
@@吉弘久米 wait till this guy finds out about yaoi
Let our allies in the East grow in strength. Not as the Empire of fear but as the Country of Honor.
you wrong, Japan will anyway The Empire of The Rising Sun (just like their nation nickname in ancient time)
@No_Anime_No_Life. They aren't monsters anymore.
@@PongPogPonderan who said that?
@@PongPogPonderan who said they're monsters?
Empire of Honour Banzai Nippon Banzai Nippon 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
I've always said that a nation has every right to develop a military force for defensive and self-preservation purposes, not offensive purposes.
Have you "always said" that? At your seminars at the think tank? To all the aspiring diplomats, assembled at your feet?
@@SmartJanitor ---Well who did you think taught NATO and Sun-Tzu?
We support japan ❤❤❤
BANZAI NIPPON BANZAI NIPPON 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
...But only when the time is right, seems like the US media has done a pretty good job keeping the 1980s trade war away from public view.
Japan suspended semiconductor exports to South Korea because South Korea was providing North Korea with military supplies imported from Japan. Japan asked for an explanation, but the South Korean government did not respond, so Japan suspended exports to South Korea in the interest of world peace.
SK does not need Japan for semiconductors. In fact, nobody really needs Japan for advanced tech.
Xi jin ping google history
How to steal usa nukes
How to capture taiwan under 6 hours
Japans military power 2024
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I would question any Chinese GDP numbers especially if the source is the CCP.
Source is World Bank.
I also question China's GDP, which is good at releasing a lower than real GDP figure
@@elmohead I would also question any number released by the world alphabet organization. Their officials are in the CCP pocket and their purses are lined with red Chinese Yuan.
Biden didn't question it
Feeling jealous?
USA ❤ JAPAN
Tired of being bullied by china
Why don’t you say Bullied by US
@@NightnDay402 ----Because we don't bully our allies; we bribe them.
@@NightnDay402 what are the US doing to Japan now? how delusional are you?
@@biglucas9874 Explain how we are bullying Japan then? Our troops are there to ensure they don't remilitarize. It is there to enforce regional security.
@NightnDay402 50 cent armmmmyyyyt
You’re a few years late, they’ve changed and started building up a few years ago already.
Those bringing up Japanese history hear me out. Tbh, I actually think only reason we villainize Japan is because they lost. Yeah they were unethical for what they’ve done in imperialism but so was US, France, UK, Spain…
And if you think about it, Japan didn’t really start the war with the US either. It was the US that colonized the Mariana Islands, the Philippines etc… surrounding Japan. Making a big military base in Hawaii. They were slowly making its way to Japan slowly, to the West of the Pacific. It’s very clear it’s the US that was expansionist first.
In fact, Japan was a completely closed country, a samurai governed country in a traditional system until 1868. Surprisingly, less than hundred years before World War 2 started, Japan was still in Edo Period. And the only reason it ended was the US forcing Japan to open by threatening with them with fire - which showed its intention of colonizing them if they can. (Japan could’ve been the next Philippines or Hawaii).
So yeah what Japan did to other Asian and Pacific cultures and people need to be held accountable. To the US and its position as a global power, I feel like it can be justified and much better than other Western powers.
I really appreciate you're videos and the time you take explaining these topics I have learning disabilities and develop mental disabilities and you explain things in away I can understand each topic you have with great care and you are very good at explaining what and how about each topic thank you for that 😂 and what a great topic keep up the great videos
軍隊ではありません。
自衛隊です。
中国にも災害時は災害救助に行っています。
日本は世界の友好国です。
I think Japan should get the VARS system for their V-22s. This will allow their Helicopter Destroyers to provide significant assistance in a natural disaster, allow them to supply their fleet from longer distances & allow their F-35Bs to have an extended range without using land based refueling aircraft. The Pacific is unbelievably large, having the extended range would make their fleet much more versatile.
On a side note:
The US army is developing & testing a nuclear power plant that is a series of 20' shipping containers. They are connected together & produce 1 - 5 MWh of power. I've been told you can make synthetic liquid fuels (like JP-5) with just air, sea water & electricity) I don't know if they would ever use it, but having a self-filling fuel tanker would be quite useful, both in the military & in providing aid during natural disasters.
The new technology that has been created in the East has made Navies obsolete. With China and Russia's GPS systems, the US can no longer hide our assets and with China and Russia's hypersonic technology, ships will be blown out of the water in the middle of the ocean. This is a new world order, and it doesn't include the US and the west as the master race any longer.
Always love Japan they are a totally different country from WW2.I hate to see Japan have to re-arm but its understandable.
With how the Pacific is becoming a tinderbox, I don't blame Japan for rearming and moving towards a higher level of militarism. WW2 happened, but that was 80 years ago or so. Very few people from them are still alive, so giving Japan a chance I think is a good thing
@@akudapapua Exactly they have given so much to the world since than and I think China and North Korea has been trying to take advantage of its pacifist policy of the past.
@user-ge5vf5md7r agreed. South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia aren't big militaries and not exactly enough money to adapt quickly. Japan, however, has the money and ability to adapt quickly. WW2 and previous wars really show this off. Not to dismiss the other countries but an alliance between Japan, Australia, and the US is a benefit to Pacific Stability
@@SantiSomchay wumaos in the comment section are afraid of China having rivals
"I hate to see Japan have to re-arm"
i don't know dude, yur country have full military, even Germany have full military as well, and you have no problem with both of them
somehow you hate when seeing Japan have full military....
why westerner is love being hypocrisy?
Modern Japan can be trusted as regional military power that can assist American stabilization in the region with a growing aggressive China and North Korea. This can buy time for the American military to reinforce the region due to the vast distance between the mainland and the region of conflict. As for America's Northern and Southern partners are unreliable.
That's not the only issue. At least not for China. The Japanese navy is becoming a truly magnificent force in and of itself. Now suppose a crisis comes around where the aggresive China will suddenly have to face both the US and the Japanese navies working together full force. That would be one very dangerous and well armed enemy to contemplate. Especially since China is not unaware of both countries being high quality, high production, high yield weaponry if the economy will suddenly shift towards a war economy, while China is to a large extend far behind in both production and quality, not to mention that even though they have electronic knowledge far surpassing Russia, they are still not quite up to par with either Japan or the US, meaning that they can produce guided weapons, but they would still be a generation, most likely 2 generations behind.
Not much in terms of years and ideas, but a significant disadvantage in a war. They can employ defensive countermeasures through guerilla tactics to a degree most unpleasant to Japan and the US, but this also means that they cannot have the strategic initiative at the same time. And that would leave only nukes to regain initiative. A choice that even China has to recognize as a less than desirable choice because they are fully aware that the US can redirect their nukes to be targeted on China within minutes (Don't tell me that the US are not already in possesion of a full target resolution plan for both infrastructure and military hubs in case of a nuke threat). And Chinese are not dumb. They are fully aware that even if they manage to hit some missiles before reaching their target, the cost to China would still be so humongous that it could ultimately cost them the victory. Not a total defeat and occupation, but an attrition that they would never be able to break free from.
So meating a naval threat like the US and Japan put together, and aided by other nations even if less impressive might just be the challenge they don't need.
@@Jens-Viper-Nobel Thinking China is behind in production and quality is hilarious. China is a manufacturing superpower. No one comes close to them. In a wartime economy, I cannot imagine the amount of things and with speed they'd be pumping up. Russia is currently outproducing the US and European countries in artillery shell production and they have nowhere near the industrial capacity of China. Saying they're not "up to par with Japan" is hilarious. China doesn't think about them at all. And stop with this stupid nuke fantasizing talk. China has a no-first-use strike policy. So if they end up using them, it'll be because someone nuked them first.
Past is the past Germany 🇩🇪 Japan 🇯🇵 stop living in shame
Past is history to learn from..and not to do bad things again.
@@cliffy8100 they never say how Japan was a allie In world war 1 how how China sent 300,000 people to be mules anyway can't change it
@@cliffy8100 Tell that to the Russians who have been war criminals for many decades.
i really wish you could say the same if someone went to your home and murdered your family and everyone you cared and loved. And some decades later they are like "past is past", and you'd be like noding "dont live in shame
@@johnlee1546 800 years of been occupied part of my country still occupied it was different hate gets you know where
With Australia and many European powers spending so little on their own military, its Japan, and Korea who will take the lead and are trusted partners to lead in the West
Personally I think more credit should be given to Australia, they are more involved in understanding the rise of threat they are facing and have been more cooperative. Meantime I'm excited we get to help many of these Asian countries from South Korea, the Philippines, and Japan, very proud that both the Philippines and the Japanese are stepping up to the task. That said I worry about South Koreans, unlike the Philippines who have embraced Japan in this new role, we might need to find a way for the Koreans to trust Japan. In the meantime I'm interested in how put relationship with India will form, they have a ways to go but I'm putting my bet that if the country can strengthen itself, it has a good future being more involved as a possible superpower. It would be nice having another superpower to help relieve the stress from the US, the Indian government seemed to have wanted to be a more peacemaker but China has pushed them too far it seems.
Mixed with Europe, there are a good handful who are trustworthy, but there are too many that are making us question our involvement with NATO. To many have soured our trust, rather work with the Quad alliance than NATO where we get crucified asking why we have to carry the majority of the load all the time. Too many Europeans have demonstrated they don't care or like us, so why send our troops to die in a foreign country that doesn't like them?
wrong , Australia spends a higher percentage of its money on defense than European and Asian Countries spend only Russia and China outspend Australia in the East/southern parts of the world it has under 30m people it spends a lot for its population size.
@@basillah7650 True, but because I lift more weight than my younger sister doesn't mean I am strong.
Honestly i hope to see Japanese mechs one day.
Hopefully its not a AI controlled transformer as i fear Megatron being made. But if human pilots are inside it would be quite a time to be alive, imagine a flying suit of armour perhaps even able to get you to the moon and beyond
Taiwan and South Korea actually appreciated what Japan did economically during its colonial era. European colonialism was about sucking raw materials from the colonies but the Japanese idea was to actually turn its colonies into a miniature version of Japan. There are still lots of Japanese influence left behind in those places and it’s also why Taiwan and South Korea redeveloped quickly postwar because Japan had already laid the foundation work during its colonial era.
Stop lying , you are not Taiwanese or korean
If you study a little more about colonial history, you may realize that your story is a bullshit😂😂
The editing is clean, but anachronistically showing modern borders while talking about past states and glossing over important events does not give an honest presentation to viewers
Japan would be a Hell of an Asset!!! they know the drill, no nonsense!
Woohooo!! Everyone knows Japan has Chinas Number!!!!😂😂😂
Why is Hokkaido not part of Japan on your map?
Thought I was the only one who noticed lol.
China probably claimed it lol
Japan will be the world's third largest defense spender by 2027.
china will spend 600 billion on military, but only 30 million will actually be used for military
No, that's the USA. China has a larger and more powerful military than the USA and blows poor old Japan right out of the equation.
Wait...I just start the video. Does the video state this? And how does this make sense?
No, that is the USA. China has a larger and more advanced military. China and Russia are a decade ahead of the US since the US sat on it's laurels after the fall of the USSR.
@@LunaLapin-ho5tk bot spotted. IM pretty sure most conflict starters are bots
@@chigchong2805 You might want to seek professional help. Paranoia is a dangerous disorder.
I expect it is to little and to late but better late than never, I guess.
I am surprised to learn the favorable rating for Japan in Taiwan isn't overwhelming. Though China put Taiwan on its map in the 17th century, China had NO desire to cultivate Taiwan. The conquest of Taiwan was only aimed at eliminating its enemy who fled to Taiwan following a civil war. Essentially China ignored Taiwan for 200+ years when Taiwan was part of China on paper. In fact, China placed a travel ban to discourage its people from migrating to Taiwan! This is why though Taiwan and Korea were both Japanese colonies during the 1st half of the 20th century, the Koreans still today hold a strong animosity toward Japan because the Koreans didn't exist under the Korean kingdom in name only. When China ceded Taiwan to Japan in 1895 as a permanent Japanese sovereign, the Taiwanese learned to read and write for the 1st time in history during this colonization. Taiwan went from a godforsaken fringe territory under Chinese rule to a model colony under the Japanese empire and became the 2nd strongest economy in Asia by the end of WWII, only behind the Japanese homeland. As a result, many Taiwanese held a nostalgic sentiment toward Japan long after the latter was expelled by the Nationalist Chinese who came to occupy Taiwan at the end of WWII. The word, occupy, is so chosen because NO ONE ever signed a treaty to transfer Taiwan back to China! If I have to guess, I assume the unfavorable rating is given by the Nationalist Chinese on Taiwan. Unlike the Taiwanese, ie. people who have been in Taiwan for centuries and are the beneficiaries of the Japanese expansion, the Nationalist Chinese are the victims of this endeavor since they were still on the mainland during WWII.
true, Taiwan is the one of many pro-Japanese Asian countries and the highest pro-Japanese in Asia like Thailand Kingdom
i think this channel is just taking from edited left-wing website, Wikipedia afterall
also i adding information about KMT in Taiwan, the fact that not only that KMT occupy Taiwan,
- KMT also did bring hyperinflation (because KMT want exploit Taiwanese for buying US guns) that causing February 28 incident
- KMT imposed harsh political suppression by accusing 100 thousand Taiwanese (and Japanese in Taiwan) as leftists or pro-communist, the fact that almost all of them is just pro-Japanese and members of indigenous autonomous movement
- and KMT starting "White Terror" that killed =/- 4 thousand Taiwanese and Taiwan Japanese
- banning to speaking and learning Taiwanese and Japanese language in Taiwan schools, forcing all Taiwanese students to speaking Chinese and being fanatic cults to KMT (ironic that KMT is enemy of CCP but going same like how CCP did in China schools)
- etc
that why many older Taiwanese and younger Taiwanese is being pro-Japanese especially for many older Taiwanese who living in modernization and Golden Age of Japanese Empire like Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui is giga chad, he anyway speaking the truth that anyway piss off both Communist China and KMT alot,
how you know that Lee Teng-hui speaking the truth? i mean if you speak something that making CCP and KMT get mad on you, that mean you speaking the truth. that why many Taiwanese love Lee Teng-hui
I mean scars run deep you know. Even though it was 80+ years ago the things Japan did to China during WWII were horrifying and seeing the people who did that start building up a military again is... Concerning to those who were once victims of their terror at its peak
@@ProfNekko as Indonesia Chinese we don't scared about Japanese build up, the fact we need Japanese military when we talking about South China Sea and invasion of Taiwan by CCP
We only hate CCP because they're anyway making us Chinese look very bad here, i mean who care about 80 years ago when we have genocider communist party here today?
Those Chinese who hate Japanese or scared over Japanese military is a little pink or in westerner internet known as wumao they're being brainwashed to become pro-CCP and anti-japanese for their life
You guys anyway get anti-japanese proaganda almost everyday so i will not surprised that you guys also become wumao too
If you talk to actual Taiwanese people, they have warm feelings towards Japan as Japan did good work while they were a colony
Things are different Asian countries put more trust in Japan than China
China's aggressive behavior has made it necessary for a nation's like Japan and the Philippines to rearm themselves considerably. I would definitely put Australia in that group also. More of us strengthening of their military than a rearming.
You do know what happened the last time this happened, right?
Some 70% of Asia was destroyed...
It bombed and started a war with the US...
China abouta have some flashbacks💀
Otherway around.
Anime style 😂😂😂
And other Asian countries as well like Indonesia 😂, but untill now Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore seems like they prefer to stay neutral
@@lelianarochefort3077 SEA countries want to stay neutral due to us not having strategic weapons in our possession, so we have to resort to neutrality to ensure that we don't get dragged into any large scale conflict, or, y'know, get nuked by Russia or China. Our friendly ties with the US is the only other deterrent we have.
From: Singapore
@@duelgundam indeed, ASEAN essentially plays nice with everyone so we won't get annihilated 😂
I think it’s about equal to what’s happening in response to Russian aggression in Europe it’s really understandable that they want to be able to defend against a dictator who thinks the sea and other countries are his to take if and when it pleases them to do so…….. I’m my opinion these so-called dictators need to think what’s happening all across the world. Even previous neutral countries are joining in defense if this escalates further we could end up, not in a new Cold War but in a new world war!
You mean US aggression. The war in the ukraine is a US proxy war to reestablish dominance over the East. Why should Russia allow that? Read up on the Cuban missile crisis and you will understand the reason Russia had to go to war. This is a national security issue for Russia. The US is the one at fault and the clowns in DC are destroying our economy.
Where's the fuel coming from to fill their war machine...
us or now they have a dedicated synthetic refinery source and now have at least some oil to tap in to.
@@TheManofthecross Yup, Japan still has _plenty_ of coal, which can processed into diesel and gasoline.
Why would they, everyone in that region has a modern military now, no one has an advantage over anyone militarily, the only advantage now is size and population.
Simple answer, Japan is preparing incase someone knocks their door with mini suns😂
Amazing Japan ❤
I'm glad Japan is do something about there country's military...im for japan
Let's all recognize the fact that Japan has the inherent right to develop and maintain its own powerful armed forces like all other nations. Sometimes, strong fences will not deter a determined aggressor like China, North Korea, and Russia. In a community that is increasingly threatened with outright violence, a man has to have a bigger gun not only to defend his home but also those of his friends.
Japan has never changed in their core heart, if you give them freedom to develop the military, then they could become next military power to invade others within one century.
@@pipiqiqi4010 No nation can dictate another nation whether or not it can have the freedom to develop its own military. Every nation has that inherent right and freedom. That Japan is wielding it again says a lot about the threats it perceives from the menacing actions of its neighbors. China, Russia, and North Korea - the three bullies - only respond to strength and the threat of such retaliatory violence that can leave no doubt in their minds that the price of their aggression will be unconscionable.
@@mads2a I agree with you if your statement is for other countries, but it can't be accepted for Japan. don't forget what the Japanese had done when they invaded the neighbouring countries, such as China and Korea. even now they haven't admitted their atrocities and apologise to the victoms from its heart. every year their high level officials worship the world war II criminals in Yasukuni Shrine, which made the surrounding victoms countries very disappointed and angery. so if Japan can have the normal military, China and Korean will be the first countries to opposite.
As the occupying powers, if Australia and America decide that Japan can be trusted after they defeated and civilised it, then let’s move on and reinforce alliances.
That's right, let's move forward and defend our freedoms 🇦🇺
Well you do need ally Japan being fellow geno=sidal
I think time has put what happened 70 years ago into greater context... and horrific 'domestic so-called cleansing' that regimes such as Stalin's USSR and Mao's CCP have inflicted upon the people within their area of control have had an impact as well. The focus that some of these nations put on Japan's atrocities often deflect their citizens from the ones that they themselves perpetrated. In reality... both are horrific.
I would say credit for "civilizing" Japan doesn't so-much go to the conquerors, as much as it does to the will of the Japanese people themselves. A beaten nation can choose NOT to change, after all. Certainly, the Japan of today feels like a completely different nation than Imperial Japan... but I suppose that's true of many nations. Rwanda comes to mind as well. They've the horrific genocide between the Hutu and Tutsis behind them and are a completely different nation as well.
@@TheNewGreenIsBlue Certainly Japan has developed, but only due to having peace and democracy forced on them by defeat and occupation, it wasn’t going to happen otherwise.
The US essentially remade Japan after World War II, I’d say it’s more than safe to say they can be allied status!
Very interesting and informative overview to myself as a Canadian viewer.
Strong South Korea and Japan is a reliable Allie the UNited States needs in the region to counter China. India stepping up and Austrlia as another strong allie. Philippines hopefully another allie to build up. Make China think twice.
I think the question we're all wondering though... does this mean Japan's going to start making Gundams?
Japan is the grandpa you can trust
The grandpa of barbarism, no mater how much cute anime they make, they can't hide their barbaric past and shamful present.
@@rain4279 where you wasn't even alive. So tell me, what barbaric past did they have that has affected you in your personal life? lmao, nothing. Thats like literally anyone in the U.k, Europe etc saying "yeah yeah, them german boys ruined my life but i was born in 89".
@rain4279 so has every ethnicity and race.
What's your point?
Grandpa you can trust? The said grandpas of Japan don’t even teach their young people the correct history and actively distort their school textbooks to rewrite history in their favor hence why so many Japanese are either offended or speechless when they’re told the truth. Most Japanese still think they’re the “victims” of WW2 because of nuclear bombings which is just hilarious.
@@GIUL7301Germany owned up to their war crimes unlike Japan and they also don’t flat out deny the things they did unlike Japan so that’s the point
It is important to create a situation where war does not occur, as West Germany once tried to do.
Balance of power is the iron law of peace.
Japan alone cannot cope with China's ship-building race and missile deployment.
Perhaps a framework that includes Vietnam, the Philippines, New Zealand, and other countries in the quad will be necessary.
The F35A with shared B61 bombs and four strategic missile submarines leased from the U.S. would be a realistic approach to deter war.
NATO vs USSR/Soviet Union (who would win in a war without nukes involved)
NATO would win within about 6 months. That's how long it would take NATO to fully exhaust Russian equipment that means on land sea and air but it would come at a cost to NATO. It won't be easy. It won't be like going into Afghanistan or Iraq. Russia has an air Force and missile defense and they can produce munitions faster than NATO but NATO would take out their capability to make these munitions causing Russia to pull munitions from its already exhausted reserves thanks to Ukraine. NATO would also disrupt Russia logistically by gaining air superiority and denying Russia the ability to send equipment by air or rail. Although Russia has air defense America and NATO have ways to trick and fool their air defense systems. NATO wouldn't want to conquer Russia though we just want to dismantle it's corrupt dictatorship of a government because it's just too much of a thorn in the side to NATO. Not Russia itself but the government of Russia.
@@ChuckyRed06 and said government of russia would try and use this against NATO etc to force the other option to conquer it.
@@ChuckyRed06
You must be a High School student.🧑🎓
NATO would, without question. Hell, Russia can't even beat Ukraine, much less NATO.
Did you NOT get the memo ?? The USSR ceased to exist 33 years ago !!!!!!!! I think a third of a century is taking A BIT TOO LONG to notice this....
*_Army of Grandad's..._* 😂🤣🤡
Resurgent Japanese military in Asia and resurgent German military in Europe? Sure what's the worst that could happen!
12:22 Japan has never been a colony of Western countries, and many Southeast Asian leaders of the time see Japan as a pioneer that liberated Southeast Asian countries from European colonial rule during World War II. From the postwar period to recent years, Japan has been actively involved in infrastructure development and human resource development in Southeast Asia, and as a result, it is still the most trusted country in Asia today. This is the result of a public opinion survey published annually by the Singapore think tank (ISEAS). Although China's presence has been increasing in recent years, no country in Southeast Asia can match Japan in terms of trust and investment.
However, anti-Japanese sentiment remains strong in the Korean Peninsula, which was colonized by Japan for 35 years, and although the current president is pro-Japanese, it is expected that he will once again adopt an anti-Japanese stance if the administration changes. Similarly, anti-Japanese sentiment remains strong in China due to Japan's invasion during World War II.
Imma support japan no matter what. I won't let them stop my animes and jav uncensored collections.
Why do ppl think Japan and China will fight?
The world should know that we Japanese follow the rules very precisely. Our law says we will not wage war.
We are very busy of making jav! NO TIME FOR WAR
The 8.8 growth is a fantasy
Japan has no choice. Simple!
This is the way 🇵🇭🇯🇵
Just form IPTO already: Indo-Pasific Treaty Organisation
中國應該只會害怕日本從戰埸上退縮
Why is China considered a "developing' nation?
I love Japan❤
the country of east Asia should not worry about Japan they are not the fascist power of 1939 instead all they want is peace security and the right to self determination
Those bringing up Japanese history hear me out. Tbh, I actually think only reason we villainize Japan is because they lost. Yeah they were unethical for what they’ve done in imperialism but so was US, France, UK, Spain…
And if you think about it, Japan didn’t really start the war with the US either. It was the US that colonized the Mariana Islands, the Philippines etc… surrounding Japan. They attacked these places with out warning them - a surprise attack. Making a big military base in Hawaii - which isn’t theirs originally. They were slowly making its way to Japan slowly, to the West of the Pacific. It’s very clear it’s the US that was expansionist first. So Japan’s reaction is expected and why can’t Japan attack when the US was attacking everywhere else.
In fact, Japan was a completely closed country, a samurai governed country in a traditional system until 1868. Surprisingly, less than hundred years before World War 2 started, Japan was still in Edo Period. And the only reason it ended was the US forcing Japan to open by threatening with them with fire - which showed its intention of colonizing them if they can. (Japan could’ve been the next Philippines or Hawaii).
So yeah what Japan did to other Asian and Pacific cultures and people need to be held accountable. To the US and its position as a global power, I feel like it can be justified and much better than other Western powers.
Only problem is that japans economy is on the edge of a huge downturn.
thanks to wuhan virus
Japan 🇯🇵 has the quality to overwhelm quantity of china and technology wise japan is still a way ahead of china and china already lost 2 wars with japan so china don’t have the spine to go to war with japan.
Infact Deng ideal role model is japan and china is a cheap copy of japan which could not match its quality
Japan remilitarizing in Asia is like Germany remilitarizing in Europe. I am all open for them
Fact Japanese products work Chinese products have some issues with quality of workmanship
As hinted, Hideyoshi's main motivation for invading Korea was to employ Japanese soldiers which might otherwise have been used against him. The ambitions of invading China were never real. Japan did gain valuable technology from the invasion.
War is all about $$$ and it always has been. Imperial Japan wasn't all about the money (on the cultural level) but after having been "reinvented" by the USA after WW2 it is moreso now will be. This is what makes me unsure of Japanese fighting abilities regarding, moral and unit cohesiveness being anywhere near what they were in the 2nd World War. Japan at the time of WW2 had about 200 western modeled division sized units of about 17-18k men each based on a population of around 100 million people. The IJA also had six armoured divisions and various parachute units. The IJN, and lets face it, had many ground based units usually of regiment to brigade sized, engineers, artillery, flak, etc etc.. Then there were support units of and for both branches of various sizes also. Anyway, that was 80 years ago and what we really learned from Japan in WW2 is just how big a military Japan can form if they really have to expand to their maximum strength. Organizationally, what they retained from their Army of the pre-war era and what's new and/or American modeled needs some serious investigation. Which I haven't done yet. As far as the lessons learned from the war time IJN, fighting the USA and the UK just about all of the time, with a few skirmishes thrown in early in 1942 with the Dutch Navy, they are likely be far more interesting, lasting and useful. As Japanese rearmament proceeds, (they already have a BIG, though non-nuclear Navy) just how and what they prioritze going forward for both offensive and defensive operations with their Allies, that being the USA, Taiwan and just what kind weaponary they'll be needing for those operations. Also, if Japan wanted to build a partilly nuclear powered NAVY they can do it pretty easily. I'm sure they have the blueprints, ship designs and everything they need to do it with. "Friends" of the USA in East Asia are going to, whether they like it or not, be needing Japanese military assistance against China and/or (in every conceivable war scenario. Is Japan going to be able to maintain it's very fearsome military reputation well earned in the 20th Century moving into the 21st Century? That is the GIANT question to friend and foe alike when and/or if East Asia becomes a major warzone yet again. This is the question that our finest military mind, Secretary of Defense, (formerly known as "the War Department") retired Full General (4-Star General) and former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff of the most powerful military in World History! Things are moving very fast nowadays and we, the American people have to have the answers to these extremely important questions from our top soldier if only for reassurance if for nothing else.
i think Japan has proven that they like peace, and should be able to have their own standing army, and should have the right to defend themselvs and their allies. i allso think that we should help them if anyone attacks them too, not like in Ukraine, but i mean full scale support with troops, naval and air power. Japan is to valuble as a friend to let anyone take them from us. pretty much everyone wants to be thinr friend and we should spend more time nurturing our friendship with them.
Do you know many Japanese dislikes US because humiliating and still occupying Japan. Many Japanese think they are Colony of the US.
I read all those comments but none of them really understand about Japan.
Very stereotypical and old images from WW2.
@@NightnDay402 ---Considering the history of entirely too many Americans stationed in Japan, I don't blame them for wanting our bases gone. I don't see why any Japanese citizen would consider themselves to be a colony of the U.S. though, and think the idea is ludicrous. If most of the Japanese people wanted us gone, then we would be gone. We don't need bases there to be their ally, but we're better allies with the bases, as they are very convenient for reaching East Asia in defense of Japan.
@@NightnDay402 you forget how the US helped them rebuild their country after the war. and that they even promised to defend the country in the event of any attacks so they could focus their efforts to rebuild as well. i am not naive about the past, and Japan were no saints either during the war or the past leading up to the war. but post war they had a pretty intense turn-around in ideology and way of doing things. and the americans aren't occupying their country, they have signed defence treaties wich had them make army bases in certain areas in order to defend japan as well as keep an eye on Russia and China, so it was for mutual benefits.
China has proven that they are war maniacs by having no war for past 40 years. It's hardly to believe that China goes to a war with Japan
Don’t forget the cultural impact on the US that would happen if we didn’t help Japan. They are key Allie’s and must be supported 100%
Can you vloggers please call it "West Philippine Sea"? The Philippines already won UNCLOS and please show some support. Thank you
Interessting, how Japan and Germany nowadays are two of the most peace loving, anti war countries in the world.
Thanks to the US bases in their country.
They learn from the past mistakes
Cool
Did the Chinese say they are terrified?
@user-yv6mh5oc6e Copium
@user-yv6mh5oc6e Cope, no matter how many times you repeat it, it won't be true. Copium
@user-yv6mh5oc6e LMAO,Then how do you answer why a cup in the US Army costs thousands of dollars and a toilet tens of thousands of dollars? What is this? What reason?
comeback Rising Sun
陽はまた昇る
Two words:
Chi-Na.
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Thanks!
I think Japan will become a great ally. They are great warriors. Glad to see they’re moving in the right direction. I will pray for the protection of Japan also.😊
Japan has been “pacifist, but with self defence capabilities” since 1946. Allowing Japan to re-arm on a large modern scale will create a combined military with state of the art everything. Not to forget that Bushido is still there, just waiting to re-emerge. Terrifying.
But it all changes when you have major nuclear powers like China and North Korea in the region.
The population is collapsing. The way things are going there will only be hello kitty robots left to man the Japanese military.
@@tokukeitaro it only takes one
I’m very happy with it actually I’m tired of spending trillions of tax dollars protecting other people
Japan can ,literally overnight, turn into a huge Nuclear/Missile power. Its Navy is eons ahead of the rubbish PLA navy. Yes--the Chinese are right to be terrified of Japan on the rise. We in India love this new attitude in Japan.
I am scared of Japan
You should be more frightened of the CCP...and to what lengths they'll go to keep their grip on power.
Korea is suffering even after thousands of years due to insects from the east and west.
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