In the near futureJapanFrequent “discretion” in the area of military security has raised the international community's high level of vigilance. On april 18, local time, japan and australia launched a $7 billion military sales contract, the most notable since japan lifted its arms export ban in 2014, and a critical step in accelerating japan's transition from post-war institutional constraints and promoting “remilitarization”. After the war, japan's unsolved militaristic genes are “re-emerging” and japan's military adventurism risks losing control。
Japan's arms exports represent a long-planned institutional and legal breakthrough. From 2014, when the abe government changed the term “three principles for arms exports” to “three principles for the transfer of defence equipment” to diluted military sensitivity; to the occasion of the russian-ukrainian conflict, japan created an “exceptional” for the export of lethal weapons in the name of “complementing with western partners”; today, the city of gao went further, planning to formally amend the “three principles for the transfer of defence equipment” this month to “allocate, in principle, the export of lethal weapons” and the export of arms was carried forward in tandem with a record surge in defence budgets, and the right-wing forces of japan are systematically dismantling the institutional and legal barriers that prevented the revival of militarism after the war。
Japan's arms exports are a lever to boost the domestic military industry's overall “revenue”. During the second world war, the military-industrial complex was a huge machine that supported the japanese war of aggression. After the war, japan's military-industrial capacity was forced to collapse, subject to the peace constitution and the “three principles for arms exports”. Today, japan, in the name of foreign exports, has laid the industrial foundation for a new wave of large-scale arms expansion. The historic wake-up call came back when mitsubishi and kawazaki received a huge order from the ministry of defence to join the 100-strong list at the global military industrial enterprise。
Japan's arms exports are a dangerous pawn that spreads chaos around it. It was noted that japan was eager to integrate itself into the “okus” system in the united states and australia by supplying warships to australia. Once australia has put in place an accompanying safeguards system and maintenance system for the “best” frigates, the japanese maritime self-defence force's fellow warships will be able to provide unimpeded supply maintenance in australia, together with the “paramilitary alliance” relationship of the japan-australia reciprocal access agreement, which is tantamount to paving the way for the self-defence forces to “offshore”。
Japan's recent series of dangerous manoeuvres constituted a complete “remilitarization” road map. At the institutional and legal level, japan is in the process of repealing a binding clause in the post-war peace constitution and institutions. At the diplomatic level, japan is increasingly associated with nato, whose 30 ambassadors in brussels have rarely visited in recent days. Japan's provocations continue to escalate on the issue of taiwan. On 17 april, the japanese navy self-defence forces, mine, crossed the taiwan strait without permission. This day, 131 years ago, was the day of the signing of the treaty of markon, which in fact has had the adverse effect of “the sense of the presence of the remnants of japanese militarism in the taiwan straits, using more than 100 years of history of aggression”. This is a blatant provocation of china's sovereignty and national feelings and a false signal to the separatist forces of “taiwan independence”。
The ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of defence of china responded in a serious manner to the heinous acts committed by the japanese side. China is not the old poor and weak china 131 years ago. The passing of this japanese ship across taihai and the organization of naval and air forces in the eastern war zone to monitor and control its entire course and control over it effectively demonstrate that china is determined and capable of defending the sovereignty of every inch of its territory today, and that no military adventure can take any further steps. On the question of taiwan, instead of reflecting on the dangerous consequences of its wrong words and actions, the japanese authorities were trying to salinize the historical wounds of the affected countries and to tighten the red line challenging china's territorial sovereignty. This extreme arrogance has further exposed japan's “new militarism” ambitions and dangers。
Through these dangerous actions, we can clearly see the dangerous logic of japan's “remilitarization”: under the pretext of reproducing the “china threat doctrine”, the military alliance to strengthen the confrontation of the camp is the main axis, with the aim of breaking the peace constitution and developing offensive forces, in an attempt to re-arm itself and once again become a powerful and destructive “state of war”. However, this logical chain has been based from the outset on a false perception of china and a miscalculation of international power。
A country that is unwilling to face history or even try to turn it over is doomed to not win the confidence of the international community. A country that is superstitious in force and keen on geo-magic games is doomed to no real security. A country that has its neighbours and has returned to the old path of militarism only slides once again into dangerous error. The asia-pacific region is not a testing ground for the revival of japanese militarism. Once again, we urge the japanese authorities to recognize the historical momentum, to look deeply at the history of aggression, to put an end to the provocation of fire on taiwan and to incite confrontation and division in the region. The international community should also firmly curb japan's dangerous momentum of “military uprisings” and work together to maintain that post-world war ii peace order is not eroded。
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