Return Of The Samurai: Japan Steps Away From Pacifist Constitution As Military Eyes Threat From China -- ABC Online
Ever since it surrendered to the allies at the end of World War II, Japan's military effort has been homebound.
The Japanese Self-Defence Forces have been precisely that – remaining vigilant to outside threats but constitutionally restrained from striking the first blow.
Now, with an assertive China throwing its weight around in North Asia, there is a developing inclination among Japan's leadership to take its tactical lead from another playbook: that the best form of defence is attack.
In July Japan's cabinet approved plans to redraft the country's constitution to allow the armed forces to fight overseas in support of friendly countries.
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My Comment: Japan has always been nationalistic with a long military history and tradition. The fact that it is asserting itself now .... almost 70 years after the end of the Second World War .... is raising fears throughout Asia. Are these concerns justified .... if history is any indication .... the answer is yes. But Japan is definitely not what it was in the 20th century .... and Asia has also changed. Japan's military is also not the formidable force that it once was .... the Big Bad Panda is the country that everyone is looking at right now.
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The Japanese have the cultural industrial expertise and recent enough military memory to have enormous potential.
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