China's rejuvenation has profoundly changed the world, and this is not only an opportunity for peaceful development, but also a good opportunity for certain countries to shake off the shackles and take advantage of the shackles. According to a report by China Review News on December 18, relevant sources in Japan broke the news that Kishida will be as high as 7The 7 trillion yen, or about $54 billion, military budget has a high chance of being passed. Some Chinese scholars said that Japan's sharp increase in military spending and "seeking a breakthrough in its own military strength" have made its Asian neighbors "strongly question" whether Japan can adhere to the path of peaceful development.
At first glance, Japan's military spending, I go, more than 7 trillion yuan!Converted into dollars, it has shrunk sharply, only about 50 billion US dollars, which seems to be a lotHowever, it should be pointed out that Japan is not an ordinary country, it is the culprit of World War II, and has committed numerous crimes against the people of the Asia-Pacific countries, especially the Chinese people, and its atrocities are too numerous to mention, not to mention, after the war, Japan has not been completely liquidated, and the reflection is "very incomplete"; such a country with a "criminal record" has greatly increased military spending, of course, it needs "special attention."
The sharp increase in Japan's military spending is not a matter of one or two years, but has been growing for 10 consecutive years, and it will "increase significantly", which makes people wonder what Japan is going to do. Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported that Japan plans to "invest a total of about 43 trillion yen in defense spending" from 2023 to 2027, with an average of more than 10 trillion yen per year7 trillion, less than this "average", what does that mean?This means that in the coming years, the growth of Japan's military spending will be "even more terrifying".
Japan is quietly changing its policy of "focusing exclusively on defense" and "peaceful development" and has begun to carry out "military expansion." For example, last year, Japan proposed to develop and procure long-range missiles capable of "destroying targets in the territory of other countries" on the grounds that it was "facing unprecedented strategic challenges." Is this still "self-defense."For example, Japan's total military spending, although it may not seem high, still accounts for 1 percent of GDP28%, which is more than China's military spending (1.25%), per capita military spending is nearly three times that of China, and Japan** has also made it clear that it will increase military spending to 2% of GDP.
As everyone knows, Japan has the protection of the United States, so why does Japan need to significantly increase its military spending?From Japan's point of view, there is a need for this, and there is a need for this. The late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo once delivered a speech on New Year's Day in 2014, he threatened to "recapture a strong Japan", the current Japan is undoubtedly "framed", "sealed", and to achieve national normalization, Japan must get rid of the shackles of the "Peace Constitution", first achieve "military normalization", to have its national strength "match" or even higher than its national strength "military power".
Only in this way will Japan be able to gradually become a "normal" and "strong" country and eventually get rid of its status as a "defeated country", and in order to achieve this, it is necessary to "significantly increase military spending", "expand the military", and "abolish the pacifist constitution". Everyone also knows that the reason why Japan has fallen to the point of being "abnormal" like a "semi-colony" is to a considerable extent due to the United StatesIn fact, the United States not only agreed, but also "encouraged" the attitude, Biden called on Japan to increase military spending, and Japan's rise is "inevitable".
So why is the United States doing this?The reason why the United States was unwilling to "thoroughly liquidate" Japan, retain Japan's militarist ideology, keep the Yasukuni Shrine, and even help Japan's economic rise was to one day be able to "let dogs bite people." Now that China has rejuvenated and threatened the hegemony of the United States, the United States naturally wants to "rearm" Japan, sharpen this "katana" and prepare to "slay the dragon." That's why Japan is expanding its armaments and fighting a war while shouting that "Taiwan's business is Japan's business."
Therefore, China's revival gave Japan an excellent opportunity to "shake off" the status of a defeated country and gradually realize "national normalization". From this point of view, Japan is once again "stepping on" China's shoulders and realizing its long-cherished national interests.