Posted on 01/13/2023 8:42:48 AM PST by Mariner
President Biden will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday, a meeting intended to signal a more confrontational approach to China as Tokyo's defense turns south toward the Taiwan Strait.
Kishida is pushing for a larger defense role for Japan in the Indo-Pacific region as his country and the U.S. face down threats on multiple fronts: a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, a nuclear-armed North Korea and Russia's continued assault on Ukraine.
Before Kishida's visit, the U.S. and Japan agreed on Wednesday to upgrade their security cooperation by equipping Tokyo with long-range missiles and refitting a U.S. Marine unit in Japan to confront Beijing's military buildup in the region — the latest move by the administration to achieve Washington's long-held desire to focus more on the East and South Asia.
"Japan is doubling down on both itself and the United States. Tokyo is building some more independent capabilities, but it is also deepening the U.S.-Japan alliance. That should be a clear sign to China," said Zachary Cooper, a senior fellow who studies U.S. defense strategy in Asia at the American Enterprise Institute. The agenda "is being driven from Tokyo, rather than Washington, which is incredibly important as a sign of sustainability and a healthy alliance relationship."
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Japan to double their defense spending.
They already have a respected Navy. Good enough they could control the North Pacific when combined with their relatively small, advanced Air Force.
China is worried, as are the Norklandians.
They still have nightmares about Japanese soldiers.
China’s puppet emperor confronting China is pure theatre. But Japan boosting their defensive capabilities is a good thing. They are a reliable ally.
“China’s puppet emperor confronting China is pure theatre.”
Of course you are referring to Chinese infiltration of government and institutions.
Of course! Right up to and including their resident in the White House.
There’s also AT LEAST a hundred of the bastards in congress too.
Traitors all.
Because China is our Enemy.
Marian Apparition - Our Lady to Gisella Cardia on May 10th, 2022:
“Pray for the Church, pray for Japan and China so that the pains that they will cause might be alleviated.”
https://www.countdowntothekingdom.com/pray-for-japan-and-china/
CCP sanctioned video threatens China will nuke Japan in a ‘full-scale war’
China will destroy Japan with nuclear weapons if it interferes militarily in Taiwan, a new video circulated among Chinese Communist Party channels has warned.
Jonathan Talbot
Deputy Editor
3 min read
July 19, 2021
https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/china/ccp-sanctioned-video-threatens-china-will-nuke-japan-in-a-fullscale-war/news-story/dd3ce2fdab6e83fa77025eb5c3d23803
What’s the purpose of being so boisterous about it?
Personally, I think China is already looking for reasons to militarize their economy. Why give them excuses?
Their intelligence would likely know most of what Japan and the west is doing anyway, and it’s doubtful you could hide it much, but this give them propaganda fodder internally.
What ever happened to walk quietly and carry a big stick?
CCP sanctioned video threatens China will nuke Japan in a ‘full-scale war’
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First off, you have to recognize the strategic importance of bluffs as a deterrent and not let it get over-blown.
On the other hand, this is a very incendiary and provocative ‘bluff’. If they ended up doing something like that, in the end, it makes you wonder if we shouldn’t have just let Japan conquer China in the 1930s instead of putting those embargos on them forcing them to expand their war.
A doubling of an already substantial force is not something that can be hidden.
And there is power in publicly proclaiming it.
More likely close to or over 300 hundred. When you consider 212 in the Democrat party alone.
At least double that number.
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