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Well yeah, its up to the population. Of course baby making involves juices that are different than geopolitical motivated juices. So its no good for the gov to push hard on that kind of change. Japan traditional gets pointed out with bad fertility rate but its no longer the worse. The lowest...

Well yes of course, the US bases were not welcomed and were forced in following Japan's total defeat. Japan of course has a choice. Both Japan and US work hard to keep relations good with in the background the reality that in an anarchy world, any power will strive to be ok top. So a new...

---start--- In a joint opinion poll conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun and the South Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo, 88% of Japanese and 72% of South Korean respondents said the increasing military pressure China is putting on its neighbors is a threat to their countries. Japanese and South Korean...

---start--- MANILA – The defense chiefs of the Philippines and Japan have agreed to further strengthen cooperation in all areas. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi made this commitment during a video conference on Wednesday. "Both officials noted the...

---start--- Taipei – A new survey on Friday showed that 60% of Taiwanese consider Japan their favorite foreign country, the highest number since such surveys began in 2009. According to the survey conducted by an investigative agency commissioned by Tokyo’s de facto embassy in Taipei, Japan was...

---start-- TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Only 15% of Taiwanese think their country should be close to China, less than half of the figure recorded the previous year, according to the results of an opinion poll published by the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association (JTEA) Friday (March 18). The main topic...

Japan needs a partner ally. France is in the EU so it has Germany and other EU countries as top power. For Japan, that choice is either Russia, China, or the US. Pretty easy choice to keep it with the US.

Immigration is not a fix but a band-aid. The only fix is higher fertility rate.

The Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 added to anti-nuclear resentment. All nuclear reactors were turned off. Only a few, 6 or so, are back in operation. But yes, I do think interest in obtaining a nuclear arsenal is not an impossibility.

Even without change, there was the reinterpretation of it in 2014. Following that, all sorts of new defense laws have been passed. Strict Japan-only defense got swapped out with "collective Self-Defense". The JSDF can legally and quickly come to the aid of friendly nations. And they are already...

Old Japan nation looked up to Tang Dynasty. They learned some technology, governance, and religions. When Tang fell, Japan focused more on itself and minded little about China since there was nothing much new to learn.

Tragic news. RIP

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Abe has been one of the best prime minsters balancing Japanese geopolitical needs, fostering growth of Japanese Self Defense Force role, Xi on one hand and Taiwan on the other, a US that transitioned from Obama to Trump. He wasn't perfect but very good prime minister. Ishihara.. well, whatever...

For the two quotes by Abe and Ishihara, its important to consider what a statement means by including all the words they say instead of being lazy and knee jerk reacting. For Abe, his statement includes "evidence" and at the very end "as initiated" which is probably referring to some claim that...

Dear god dude, your post and what you know is as if sourced purely from mass media headlines only.

Russia doesn't hate Japan but just competes geopolitically with Japan. In South Korea, despite abusive media, 1 out of 4 don't hate Japan. If the haters/propagandists stop being propagandists, South Korean views of Japan would improve. Things like comfort women is history abusd to serve other...

During the Meiji, Taisho, early Showa, three countries were possible primary threats to Japan. Those were Great Britain, Russia/Soviet Union, and the US. Japan entered into the GB-Japan alliance removed one possible threat. Relations were generally good with US while in alliance with GB. So that...

If Falun Gong was like that in the late 1990s in China but was still able to gather 100 million Chinese practioners, then that doesn't speak well of Chinese people in general to believe in something so absurd and requiring government iron fist intervention to save them from stupid belief? But I...