How Japan is pushing its own limits of militarisation
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Published 2024-07-19
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Japan disbanded its military following its defeat in World War II and adopted a pacifist constitution that prohibits the country from engaging in war. Now decades later, Tokyo is significantly boosting its security spending, vowing to increase its defence budget to 2 per cent of its total GDP by 2027. The government says the move is in response to pressure from Japan's allies as well as its regional rivals.
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All Comments (21)
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Censorship is all time high.
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Being peaceful does not mean you are harmless
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Hmm the professor sounded very " Nippon Kaigi"....
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Gabagoo
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McArthur should just write the agreement in Japanese language and Japanese letter so mr prime minister Fumio Kishida cannot pretend cannot speak english
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
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0:32 The irony of flying Imperial Japan's flag while talking about Japan's pacifist constitution
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여러 상황보면 당연한 거 아닌가?
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Nahhh not the rising sun flag 😭
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The Japanese sun is rising again
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You cant have a military under normal terms but you can under the self defense notion
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Chinese military spending get 39 times higher since 30yo ago And yet only care about Japan military spending
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Don't you find it funny that you always avoid to say "Republic of China"?
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China accuses Japan? same thing China say in Philippines too. The audacity for being the victim. hahaha
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another yamato battle ship part 2 and kaga aircraft carrier remake for decent empire of japan defense
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Unkle sam Released the kraken!
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The senkaku islands are a little far from japan isn’t it?
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天皇陛下万歳！！！！
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also make 3rd gen icbm that capable of target any part of the world from space with nuclear warhead for strategic japan defense
