This is what follows yesterday's.
The fact that Japan voted in favour of the above-mentioned resolution on both the occasions does not mean at all that Japan is beginning to be critical of the US. Japan is following the US almost blindly, without thinking with her own brains and without standing on her own.
The US world policy has been shown in her Statement on the US Security Policy document published on 18 of this month. Three pillars are to be noticed. First, the US is trying to keep distance from China and Russia. This has made her approach Japan, Australia and India more intensely. Then the US look at the DPRK and Iran as enemies. Mr.Trump has recently said that the US will 'totally destroy' the DPRK. Negotiations aimed at peace seem to be out of the agenda with them. Then thirdly the international terrorist organizations are also the enemies. These three are the major threats facing the US.
Unfortunately Japan has accepted practically each and every item of these as her own. It means Japan's foreign policy is becoming more and more of a military character. It also means that Japan is importing more and more of the latest weapons, mainly from the US. When Mr.Trump visited Japan early in November, he came as if he was a salesman of the weapons.
Our Asian neighbours are watching these processes with apprehension. For us the Japanese, on top of all those there is one critical issue. It is that PM Abe is keen on revising the Constitution, so that the present Self-Defence Forces will be constitutionally legalized and authorized as the ordinary military services. It is as if the DPRK, and sometimes China also, are giving Abe a big helping hand by augmenting and modernizing their weapons, thereby threatening the mind of the average Japanese. 2018 is going to be the first year of the crucial political battle in Japan. May it be a Very Happy Year.
The fact that Japan voted in favour of the above-mentioned resolution on both the occasions does not mean at all that Japan is beginning to be critical of the US. Japan is following the US almost blindly, without thinking with her own brains and without standing on her own.
The US world policy has been shown in her Statement on the US Security Policy document published on 18 of this month. Three pillars are to be noticed. First, the US is trying to keep distance from China and Russia. This has made her approach Japan, Australia and India more intensely. Then the US look at the DPRK and Iran as enemies. Mr.Trump has recently said that the US will 'totally destroy' the DPRK. Negotiations aimed at peace seem to be out of the agenda with them. Then thirdly the international terrorist organizations are also the enemies. These three are the major threats facing the US.
Unfortunately Japan has accepted practically each and every item of these as her own. It means Japan's foreign policy is becoming more and more of a military character. It also means that Japan is importing more and more of the latest weapons, mainly from the US. When Mr.Trump visited Japan early in November, he came as if he was a salesman of the weapons.
Our Asian neighbours are watching these processes with apprehension. For us the Japanese, on top of all those there is one critical issue. It is that PM Abe is keen on revising the Constitution, so that the present Self-Defence Forces will be constitutionally legalized and authorized as the ordinary military services. It is as if the DPRK, and sometimes China also, are giving Abe a big helping hand by augmenting and modernizing their weapons, thereby threatening the mind of the average Japanese. 2018 is going to be the first year of the crucial political battle in Japan. May it be a Very Happy Year.
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