Japan: Geopolitical alliance with the United States is optimal: APU, President Deguchi
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)
Haruaki Deguchi, President:
Check the “exquisite location” where the Japanese archipelago is located on a map.
Given Japan’s economic scale, he argued, “There are only three countries that can form an effective military alliance.”
The three are the United States, China and Europe (EU).
Which of these three is wise to form a military alliance?
Haruaki Deguchi gives the answer based on geopolitics.
As of today, is Japan an alliance with the United States, China, or the EU?
Best alliance with the United States:
The most realistic partner is the United States.
Public sentiment towards the United States has always been good.
The worst alliance with China:
However, if you dare to consider other allies, you have the option of China.
That’s what America hates most.
For the United States, the formation of the political axis of Tokyo and Beijing in Far East Asia is a disgusting nightmare.
The alliance with the EU is out of the question:
The EU’s military power as a whole is not as powerful as the United States.
Also, even if the EU military rushes to Japan’s aid, it is too far away.
Even if we examine the military alliance with Japan in the past, there are few things that should be noted.
Only the Anglo-Japanese Alliance before the Russo-Japanese War.
Adoption of “Japan First”:
However, there are many concerns about whether it is optimistic to partner with the United States.
The United States these days does not always value Japan.
The biggest reason is
Because the East-West confrontation during the Cold War was over
The value of Japan as an unsinkable aircraft carrier has declined.
Better yet, isn’t there a way for Japan to go “Japan First” without forming an alliance with anyone?
We will protect the country on our own and insist on what we should insist on.
“Japan First” is impossible:
The declining birthrate and aging population are the most advanced in developed countries,
The lowest economic growth rate,
Moreover, the national debt is by far the best in the world.
Where can we get huge military spending in Japan like this?
The Japan-first way of thinking is an economically impossible option.
In reality, it’s just the same as before.
Japan is not holding nuclear weapons, but is going to join the US nuclear umbrella and get along well.
There is no new option for Japan to survive in the world today.
“There is no choice but to take this firmly.”
How should we face the United States from now on?
“Efforts to deepen exchanges between Japan and the United States in a wide range of fields such as politics, foreign policy, economy, and culture” are required.
Nikkei Business Electronic Edition
https://business.nikkei.com/atcl/gen/19/00087/022500178/
South Korea: Trial to President Moon: US Secretary of Defense visits South Korea
-China puts more pressure on weak South Korea-
Korea Watch:
Former Ambassador to Korea Masatoshi Muto:
He explained the “US Secretary of Defense visit to Korea” that President South Korea faces.
Biden administration:
We are building a missile network for China in the Indo-Pacific.
This means that the siege network against China will be expanded to the military field in earnest.
Expansion of siege to China:
Experts
“There is a possibility of officially requesting South Korea’s participation in the US missile siege network,” he said.
In this case, “China’s backlash will be much stronger than when THAAD was deployed.”
China’s expansion into the East China Sea:
Since the 1980s, China has planned an “island chain” that connects islands on the Pacific Ocean.
As a strategy to narrow the area of US military activity in stages, “anti-access / area denial” has been promoted.
First island chain:
It is a line connecting Okinawa-Philippines-Melaka Strait.
Second island chain:
It is a line connecting Guam-Saipan-Papua New Guinea.
By the early 2020s, China had tried to effectively turn the second island chain into its own garden.
The US military intends to stop China’s advance to the second island chain.
Along the first island chain, it is trying to build a precision attack network against China.
Moon administration’s promise to China:
The Moon administration has been made to promise “three noes” by China.
Participation in the US missile defense network,
THAAD additional deployment,
Do not hold a Japan-US-Korea military alliance,
China really wants to prevent Japan, the United States, and South Korea from working together to build a siege network against China.
Therefore, there is a high possibility that “the weakest pillar, South Korea, will be under intensive pressure.”
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