Japan has said it would begin a once-unthinkable $320bn military build-up that would arm it with missiles capable of striking China and ready it for a sustained conflict as regional tensions and Russia’s Ukraine invasion stoke war fears.
Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos explains.
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The tsunami island call Japan is just a real trouble maker just looking for an excuse to cause war like in the history in the peaceful region of Pacific period .
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Imperial army rises again, do not underestimate Japan’s resolve.
Because their American masters let them 🤣 they’re the 52nd state after Israel being the 51st
The difference is Japan is the good guy now.
Is it an unprecedented rate? I have a hard time believing the current build-up of the Japanese military is without precedent.
They just found 320 billion under the sofa
It’s not they slowly have been hinting at it and have taken actions such as converting their helicopter carriers to aircraft carriers which was a huge hint that Japan was starting to take its defense and security seriously
@Brandon Hernandez I was alluding to the build up to WW2. What they have done with their military build up thus far, while their hand are tied by a pacifist constitution, has been impressive. The Izumo class is an impressive ship, I just wish they had a dozen or so.
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They are in violation of the ww2 peace treaty with the USA
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The more prepared for war we are the less chance that they will attack. Plus they don’t have a lot of ten, twenty,thirty years old weapons, so everything will be state of art
Long live Japan🇯🇵🏯 democratic Land of the rising Sun, forever shall you remain free, United We Stand, Divided we fall✊.
Japan’s military build up may be a defence against North Korea, but will be seen as a threat by China and Russia. USA has always been the defender of the pacified Japan, and changes should be agreed with the other super powers as Japan invaded them, Korea and South Asia. A new war will be triggered if Japan exceeds the minimum.
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1. Russia is dangerous and untrustworthy. Ukraine (and EU) failed to prepare itself and pay the price with blood. Japan shall not make the same mistake.
2. China is gearing up for the final showdown against Taiwan and the US. Japan needs powerful military to deter Chinese aggression, and to be ready in case the unthinkable happen (i.e. China invaded Taiwan and started WW3).
@mkkiani Japan have more destroyers than any other European country. Japan have 40 destroyers. China have 54 and the rest of China’s ships are patrol coastal ships. Japan have F-35 that could land on light carriers while China’s J-20 can’t even land on any carrier
@Parallel Comparison mate, with weapons of mass destruction available today, I don’t think Japan would want to attack its neighbors. They should just invest in nukes and chill. Wars will no longer be fought like the past against big powers
@Byttle Juice Nobody said Japan would want attack anyone.
The majority of the weapons seem poised for a naval engagement. It makes sense since Japan is basically an island. I think the US wants Japan to be able to help it defend Taiwan.
Not only that, Japan must protect Taiwan because if Taiwan is taken by China, Japan’s Senkaku islands will be taken as China is claiming those islands as theirs. And guess what next? Okinawa will be on China’s radar
No we want to defend our selves not Taiwan. We don’t go and attack another country. Still a pacifist constitution. China is everyday invading our sea and air space literally daily. We don’t want Russia to invade our sea space or kill our fishermen which they did before. Russia is not generally a problem but they are now since they’re teaming up with the Chinese. And we don’t want North Korea attacking us with missiles based on pure imaginations and rewritten historical knowledge. We just want to protect ourselves. We won’t go to other countries to attack nor defend another country. That’s not Japan.
Russia,China and North korea good job because of your agression Japan will buildup their military like in ww2 they are superpower
First Germany increased military spending, and now Japan. AW YEAH, the gang is coming back together.
@Fung J no it will not.
@BEAST MODE then nothing to be worried about
@Fung J oh there’s a whole lot to worry about right now. Japan building their military up. NATO with Russia and Ukraine. Tensions between India and China. The unspoken war in Africa Ethiopia and Tigray. All of you are really blind to reality. We are not headed towards an Ascension of China and the decline of the US. We are headed towards World War 3 and nuclear Armageddon.
@BEAST MODE
You think too much, I am glad to see Japs build up their military, together with US, Korea and Australia there is enough power to counteract the rise of China, for the Ukraine Russia war, it will end next year, I don’t see Russia can win coz more long range weapons will be sent to Ukraine from the west and Russia can’t last too long.
There is no need to worry about China India war, they fight with sticks and rocks.
And what happens in the fail continent, we don’t care.
@Fung J everyone knows that nuclear Powers cannot fight. We invented the nuclear bomb we know what that thing can do and so do you. There will be no winners and we will all die.
It’s great era is gone. This is Chinese era. Some people may not like it but it’s the truth. It’s technological advances is far greater and faster than the others competing
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Ridiculous
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This will accelerate the destruction and elimination of Japan from the world map. With a small vast land area, Japan will be eliminated before it can cause serious damage to Russia or China. Most of this $320 bn will goes to the US Arms Industries. The US is now reaping EU off and now turning to Japan.
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They’re done playing
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As someone from Borneo, all I can say is 320 billion can buy a lot of bicycles 🚲
Yet they never learn. Abe lost his life being a militant. Expect another Abe hit. Japs are pacifist.
Japan the new military super power.
And russia with its low tech rag tag army a super power when compared to Pakistan lol
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Al Jazeera is terrorist organisation.which is overing news of Japan.
Still to soon.
Germany and Japan should be disarmed permanently.
Go Japan!
No
@victoria louise Yes
2040 ww3
*Japan🇯🇵 have islands dispute with China, Russia, South Korea.*
make border agreement & peace!
WW2 continues. USA Japan Germany VS CN , RU
Germany and Japan want to rebuild their militaries haha interesting times ahead…..
Great News! It’s been a long time those war criminal samurais are in the comfort of the cowboys arm-pits. Now those war criminal are prepared to be those cowboys another cannon fodders.
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Soon they will go island hoping again this time with US weapons
Not longer island hoping. mainland hoping to mainland China
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China called this a threat to stability and peace so you know it interferes with china’s plans.
Bcoz Japan know’s American Era is over n nxt target for Russia, China, North Korea is Japan n South Korea 😂😂😂😂😂
Well done Japan! ❤️🇯🇵
Well done supporting the us
I mean, N. Korea has been dropping missiles in the sea directly next to Japan for years now. They’ve been remarkably patient to wait this long to re-arm.
And with the USA when they used nukes on them twice
@Musa2013 r u ok mentally?… democratic japan is an entirely different country than imperial japan, the USA dropping nukes basically gave japan freedom, and we are about to do the same to russia and russia will be our next big ally when we turn it into a real free democracy 🙂 u bozo
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What is the red meat scared off?
Yep Russia will use nuke according to democratic countries and never has, only USA did. Obviously only a pinky can be happy with using nukes for democracy, must be the side effects of incest relations lol
I just don’t understand why NATO still hasn’t invaded Russia? The polish incident was enough to invade Russia? Russia lossing its ammo lol
US is going to lose its dominance over Japan soon.
That’s bigger then most of many countries GDP
Good for Japan. This is overdue.
Japaneses will get Guam back.
First must avenge Hiroshima and Nagasaki
🤣🤣oh jesus help please another ons
Japan’s biggest enemy is USA not China.
With THAT amount of money invested in defense spending, I predict Japan is going to be virtually a massive defense blockade wall for most of the Pacific from the threat of either invasion or nuclear strike from either Russia, China or North Korea!
I can already see the Japanese military establishing and fortifying all the islands from Sakishima to Hokkaido facing all nations across the Sea of Japan with the following: anti-aircraft and anti-warhead radar and defenses; naval bases backed by land-and-air-based counter-defensive vehicles and ICBMs; fleets of submarines, destroyers and aircraft carriers patrolling the Sea of Japan with their focus spanning from the southern tip of South Korea to Sakhalin Island; aerial bases with Joint Strike Fighters and radar-guided missile outposts; emergency networks set up to evacuate civilians to Japan’s western half; blockades for any export shipping from North Korea, China and Russia to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand; biochemical weaponry to hit selected pivotal ports and military targets on the Asian coast if ANY part of Japan is hit… I hope this island nation I love so much can prove far more formidable than it was during WWII! And let’s not forget how the US will have to provide additional financial, technological, troop and weaponized aid to any American military bases already established on Okinawa!
Japan is finally returning to its former glory, thank you God.
“former glory” 💀💀💀
@Nzredwolf when I mean former glory I mean actually having a military, but banzai charges and kamikaze attacks are ok
@NanP ain’t no way this man called imperial japan ‘glorious’
@NanP Imperial Japan was anything but glorious they had no regard for human life but having military to defend yourself is ok.
Japan is the best & good decision 🇯🇵👍
great work Japan! One of the true Asian’s pride!
one of the true asian prides laughs in 🇵🇭
@joelleyva9858 im pretty sure ur asian country did contribute to the world. But For Japan are so prominent such as high speed trains, anime, technology, inventions and more.
No way are the former Imperialists Asia’s pride… Japan had the choice in the early 20th century to either be the saviour of Asia and free Asia from the European colonisers but no, the Japanese chose to become just like the European colonisers. I trust China way more than I trust Japan, simply because China doesn’t have history of recent Imperialism like Japan does.
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The imperial fascist japan
Japan will be broke using debt to increase military spending.
I just wish Japan would acknowledge their war crimes in WW2 like Germany does. Unit 731 is a great example of this.
Other than that I think Japan’s military spending will stop China from completely dominating the region and keep China in check. I think it’s a good thing. Japan and China are still rivals, long after WW2.
I just wish Italy would acknowledge their war crimes in Germania and Gaul during the Roman empire.
We already did. Thousand times over and back. We spent billions in reparations to China and South Korea over many years. You seem to lack factual knowledge but simply repeating CCP propaganda. There were years and days that we were partners with China as we invested billions in Chinese economy. But current CCP conveniently rewritten the history to feed propaganda to its citizens. You really lack factual knowledge of Japanese history.
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Have never understood why japan cannot buy super advanced jets like the eurofighter
Eurofighter is not that advances it’s a 4th generation maybe 4.5 generation fighter. Japan already produces its own 4th generation fighter that is based of the f16. They initially wanted to buy f22 but US said no so they went with f35 and are working on a 6th Gen fighter thar they can produce on there own.
Reason for that is simple. Money going into your own economy is better than money going into someone else’s.
Maintaining peace requires a balance of power, so, we, Japanese fight alongside freedom-loving people
of Taiwan in Asia.
Lol you aren’t Japanese are you? I’m Japanese also. Our constitution has NOT changed and we remain as a pacifist nation. Just that we are defending ourselves and we will attack who would endanger us. But we won’t go and fight another country’s war especially Taiwan. We may help them but we will never send our military to fight another country’s war. Nothing has changed as a pacifist nation. You should go back to elementary school and study our constitution as you don’t seem to know the basic of our constitution and laws.
Tora Tora Tora….the military complex cheers and the lobbyists! As revealed Putin wants to invade Japan after he failed in Ukraine 😅! BTW: Who has blown up the pipeline? 🤥
Look forward to see Japan exporting their military gear. Can’t wait to get Toyota quality in our 3 tonners.
Japan gone crazy… Again…
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I hope USA will allow Kenya to have nuclear weapon🇰🇪🖤🦅
Japan of WWII 😐
Japan’s biggest mistake is the inclusion of the three non-nuclear principles in its constitution. Without it, japan could have nuclear weapons.
Just like Ukraine giving up nuclear weapons on Russia’s fake promises of respecting Ukraine’s sovereignty
If they need them they’ll treat the principles like a piece of paper and get rid of them.
Instead of leeching off of others, they’re finally spending on their own defense. Better late than never.
Japan is one of those nations not to be messed around with…. Considering the fact that it was once a major power in the pacific during ww2 times…
Don’t forget Japan that seventy years ago in WWII invaded and occupied most of the South East Asian countries not only did that Imperial army kill and raped some women also destroyed most of the infrastructure.
It’s okay to have strong military defense but not internet contenintal ballistic missiles weapons for defense of every nations.
🇳🇵 Support 🇯🇵
Well done Japan 🇯🇵
Better late than never.
For years Japan has only seen China, NK, and even SK expanded their arms. The isles finally move.
It really is like watching the sun rise
Japan just signed a military agreement with Australia, so they have just doubled their military effectiveness, joint military exercises will begin shortly,
Japan is a vassal state of the US.
It is going to spend money it doesn’t have on buying worthless US military products that have been proven to be a failure.
USA dropped nuclear on pacifist Japan.
Let us repeat HISTORY!
I support Japan
我々日本国民は、日本に核兵器を配備することを望んでいます。
If you want peace, prepare for war!
India-Japan cooperation is the need of the hour to keep the new bully on the block in check.
Wonderful news. China and North Korea should not think that such dictatorship behaviors in the long run will bear fruits. Dictators all start out slight abnormal but nothing crazy. But the more power they harness and the more they obtain true power within their nation, ultimately they snap. Putin is only the most recent example of this. Japan spending a whopping 320 billion is perfect and it will be a guideline for Others like South Korea but also other East Asian nations who are under threat by China (almost all) to step up and prepare for when China escalates. It’s then time to wipe China from the map as the power it now has and change it’s fate forever
Japan has a number of potentialy hostile neighbors??
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Most of the stuff mentioned have been underway relatively quietly for a decade now. Like the aircraft carriers and the infrastructure to build their own aircraft. The naval build up was picking up speed over the last few years and so they needed more money to advance to the next stage. So once all the preparation was done this announcement is kind of a green light to go on ahead with the full military buildup
WW3 gonna be lit 🔥 can’t wait. Hoepfully they’ll get nukes too 🙂
Am listening 🎧…thank goodness…Japan is awake
I cant wait to see ww3
I hope war will start usa japan sokor vs china nokor rusia
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Why are we edging to WW3 ?
China + North Korea + Russia + Iran Vs others
Japan = Hypocrit nation !!!
Japan can NEVER be a peace loving neighbor if you read in detail of its behavior in SEA in WW2
They’ve woke up Godzirra 😂
About time someone silenced big mouth Russia, N. Korea and China.
USA 🇺🇸 + Japan 🇯🇵 = 😱
Kim Jung young and xi jingping’s father is back. Now they will know how is the daddy. Only Japan has the quality to handle china and north Korea
It won’t be impossible if ww3 will happen in this generation
I love japan country ❤
Good news 😀😀😀😀