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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
Excuse me? Japan in terms of destroyers and frigates rank in the top four for numbers of hulls and the JMSDF operate over 20 attack submarines! They also send support forces (numbering a 1000 troops) to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They also have forces in East Timor and Israel/Syria  Its ok for them to be prepared for a possable fight with North Korea, Russia or the PRC but not us?
BTW Did you know that North Korea has kidnapped Japanese citizens for their intelligence operations because they could be used to teach their agents to infiltrate western nations? If I was the Japanese I would have done a hell of a lot more than complain to Korean diplomats like they did! I would have gotten my people back!  |
Yep. Also, such diplomatic channels would have been strained at the beginning, since Japan does not have particularly chummy relations with any of its' Asian neighbors. There's some sort of long history of expansionism and imperialism in Japan's past that isn't easily put aside (kind of sounds like the USA). Japan's importance as a trade partner to the west allows them to sweep their differences under the rug. Superior diplomacy has nothing to do with it.
Example: Japan's illegal whaling industry, which they do not seem to be in such a hurry to put an end to. No big fuss about it either. So, they have problems too. It is just that, living in America, we hear about America's more often.