Her case was, for those who have been studying the political life of the country until recently, synonymous with predictability, if not boredom. But no longer. This is because the elections for the Upper House have brought the third party and regulator of things the super -conservative Sansaito, which was founded just five years ago.
The hyper-conservative structure seems to concentrate on its international acronym, combining skepticism towards the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccines, traditional antimarxism, the negative attitude towards the issues of gender equality (its leader). But it is the element of xenophobia, with the anti -national characteristic, which differentiates this political case from other nationalisms.
The far -right is going on
The rhetoric of the party itself, although not disadvantaged in general for minorities and foreign citizens living in Japan and tourists, reserves the most poisonous “arrows” for those who come from the “average kingdom”.
And if one reason behind Sanseto’s popularity is about the sense of many Japanese that the country has been left behind China at the level of military, economic and technological power, the other reason is the latter’s entry into the Great Powers’ club and its consequent establishment as an infantry.
It is indicative that, among other things, Kamyia said that “China and domestic leftists stole her glorious war spirit from Japan and made the country feel guilty of a completely honorable war.” Although it did not fail to put in the “frame” of responsibilities and the US, the statement caused a shudder primarily on the other side of the Japanese sea, as China counts heavy “blood tax” from Tokyo’s participation in World War II.
Tragic irony: US domination in East Asia, including the post -war constitutional framework that defined the peaceful role of the country, had at the center of its logic to avoid the repeat of the heinous crimes of Japanese militarism, an ideology that was an ideology.
Pacific as a field of conflict
What is the basis of this kind of anti -world hysteria? The answer is easy to give if you look at the military daily life in the Pacific Ocean.
“After three weeks of intensive education across Australia, as well as complex training exercises in Papua New Guinea, more than 40,000 military from 19 participating countries and two countries will return home.”
In this wording, the administration of the US Armed Forces in the wider USindopacom area announced today, August 4, the end of the giant, in the number of staff and states, named Talisman Sabre.
The exercise, which was a first -class opportunity for the most loyal test as possible of US missile systems in conditions resembling a war conflict, was accompanied by an extremely important “wish” in terms of high -ranking US military Damian Hill. “We wish Japan in 2027 to be able to participate with a force that approaches 2,000 people,” he said, speaking in the online edition of the iconic Japanese newspaper The Japan Times, excluding the country’s contribution to the level of medical services.
Scaling tension US-China
The good words of the Tokyo allies come a few days after the country’s trade agreement with the US and in the midst of an increasing sharpening of relationships between Washington and Beijing.
It is noteworthy that a second military exercise called “Resolute Force Pacific 2025” is evolving into about 50 locations, such as Hawaii, Guam and Japan, with the participation of 12,000 people from the US and their allies, such as Japan and Australia.
China’s response came through the Chinese Ministry of Defense’s mouth to his regular information to reporters about the joint exercise with Russia, under the name “Joint Sea 2025”, which officially began on August 1st and will be completed on the 5th of the month and sealing the two years.
Last year, the exercise took place off the southern China in the South China Sea, but this year, it takes place near the Russian port of Vladivostok, located opposite the west coast of Japan.
It is precisely this shift of the potential warfare of the throne of the Chrysanthemums that creates a suffocating dilemma for the country’s politics, abroad and internal.
“Japan on Trump fears both trapping and abandonment,” notes journalist and head of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Bill Emott in an article on the Asia Times website.
And although it refers to long -term relations between the two allied states, and to the public for both the danger of an ever -aggressive China, it stresses that Donald Trump’s foreign policy is characterized by trading logic, which leaves open the possibility of a “gentleman agreement” with China.
It is a nightmare scenario for all countries in the region and of course Japan, which already has territorial differences with China for Senkakos Islands.
And yet another indication that with Donald Trump at the White House and the diplomatic “appetite” of a powerful China to open, no one can rely on the US anymore to provide security guarantee. The former predictable case of Japan is no exception to the new rule.
