If it comes to war in Asia in the future, better to have Japan bear the brunt against China than us.
Do you have the same concern about Germany?
Germany ranks 7th strongest military
Japan ranks 9th strongest military
(globalfirepower.com)
Japan 272,100 active and inactive troops
Germany 412,425 active and inactive troops
(Wikipedia)
Japan $69.9 billion annual military budget
Germany $72 billion annual military budget
(Wikipedia)
Similar atrocities were committed by the British in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
How many years will it take for the Japanese to be rehabilitated in the minds of some Americans and be treated as full allies?
Just sayin ....
Japan’s been remilitarized, other than nuclear weapons, for years. Amazingly, just through the fiction of calling themselves “Self Defense Forces” it seems most people never noticed.
Honestly their Navy is superior to China’s at the moment.