Posted on 05/15/2023 5:37:09 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Japan has just made an historic shift: In December, Tokyo announced a doubling of its defence budget by 2027, the first time this has happened since World War II. The Japanese are wary of China and North Korea.
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Good news.
I hope they turn Japan around, because staying in America’s shadow might not last much longer with Biden.
Japan has technology. Japan has manufacturing. Japan has money. What Japan doesn’t have are bodies to go in the uniforms.
A sufficient military for the country would require mercenaries. It wouldn’t be the first time someone hired non-citizens to defend the homeland, but it would take a shift in philosophy in Japan greater than the shift from pacifists to self-defenders.
“The Japanese are wary of China and North Korea.”
And China and North Korea are scared to ever lovin’ shitless death of Japan...given recent history!😎
A Japanese Foreign Legion perhaps?
The Japanese have changed a lot in 80 years.
Trump warned the world that each nation by right should and ought to see to its own best interests. Biden has started the clock ticking. Japan has taken the hint.
mandatory draft would work. they have/had a population of 100 million, more than double of Ukraine.
Language would be a considerable barrier. But Japan’s military strikes me as highly professional and not given to trendy fads. It would be interesting how such additional troops would be integrated.
Drones and AI - human bodies not needed so much.
They’ll build Voltron.
Just like Germany....although they could probably come back.
Japan has been a pacifist nation for many years out of imposed necessity but given their technical expertise...I would caution any nation that might piss them off on purpose. That feudalistic bent turned outward is not far below the surface so one word from their emperor and this train could easily start again. The U.S. had luck on our side in WWll. The Japanese are fierce warriors by nature and astute students of their enemies. Just FYI.
Their giant death robots will be piloted by cute young girls in mini-skirts.
Land of the Rising Sun.
Plus they have Godzilla on their side.
Finally!
Good on Japan.
Japan recruited millions of Chinese and Taiwanese and Koreans and Vietnamese and even Mongolians during and before WW2. This is not a new concept in Japan.
Almost all of these served in second line, service and security roles.
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