No. 1269 77th Anniversary of Japan’s Defeat in WWII
We will commemorate the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing over Hiroshima and the Day of Defeat on August 15 under these uneasy circumstances. Japan invaded to China to kill people there, and ushered in a reckless war against the United States to be crushed, putting an end to the atrocious conducts. Let’s look back what happened. It was an official face of defending the nation that triggered all criminal acts.
JAPAN SHOULD NOT MAKE HERSELF TO BE ONE OF ORDINARY NATIONS
A NATO summit meeting was held in the end of June, in which US President Biden declared that ‘the allied nations had been convened to respond to both of the challenges posed by Russia and China’ adding that ‘the world had changed’.
Japan attempts to take the lead in encircling China
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, who joined the meeting though Japan is not the alliance’s member, told ‘the recent aggression to Ukraine clearly tells us the end of post-Cold War era’, requesting the European participants to vigorously commit in the affairs of the Asia-Pacific Region.
The premier is intended to link the two powerful military pacts, the NATO and US-Japan Alliance, and to take initiative in containing China. That is why the ruling Liberal Democratic Party raised unconcealed proposals during the election campaign in July to increase the defense budget, to attain capabilities to attack enemy bases and to revise the Peace Constitution.
The Cold War ended due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. During the post-Cold War era US President Obama presented a package of nuclear disarmament policies and the NATO members attempted to disarm and reduce military budgets, which has led to a basic rule in which investments should be made in environment rather than in military build-up.
Meanwhile, however, the NATO’s eastward expansion and President Putin’s ambition for Great Russia have developed to a critical phase of tension. The US demanded the NATO allies to spend over 2% of the GDPs on military expenditure. A war is a convenient means for the military industries to make money without fail.
The war in Ukraine has reversed the world. A network to besiege China was built up promptly. Major international players, including US, have taken a wild path. Premier Kishida pledged in the international arena to play a leading role in the same strategy.
‘Ordinary nations’ have military troops, whose military budgets count over 2% of the GDP as the international norm, and Japan, too, should follow the way – for this purpose, Article Nine of the Constitution is a yoke to be removed; this is the elaborated propaganda we see today.
Peoples in Asia
If Japan dumps Article Nine to build up military strength, how will Asian peoples respond who never forget the colonial rule imposed by Japan? The Japanese government regards the post-war compensation issue as settled. The Asian peoples simply judge Japan does not remorse over the devastations it inflicted on them during the last war.
Japan depends on the US nuclear umbrella more and more meticulously. ‘Nuclear deterrence’ will be intensified in the region so that neighbors should save own countries from Japan.
Peoples in the region appreciate developing countries affected by the war in Ukraine, being in favor of relations with China. Koreans wish to be reunified. Let’s think over how threatening it will be for them if Japan turns to be an ‘ordinary nation’. China is the biggest trade partner of Japan. Adversarial relations will severely hit its economy.
On August 15, the Day of Defeat, let’s make firm determination that Japan should never be an ordinary nation.
Let’s struggle bravely! Do not draw back as we face various attacks to alter the Constitution!
６月末のＮＡＴＯ首脳会議で、バイデン米大統領は「ロシアと中国の挑戦の両方に対応するため同盟国を集めた」「世界は変わった」と宣言した。
中国包囲の先頭に
構成員でもない岸田首相が参加、「ウクライナ侵略はポスト冷戦期の終わりを明確に告げた」と、ＮＡＴＯのアジア・太平洋地域への関与を積極的に求めた。
ＮＡＴＯと日米安保という二大軍事同盟を繋ぎ、中国包囲網の先頭に立とうというのだ。参院選で自民党が防衛費増額、敵基地反撃能力保有、改憲を正面に掲げたゆえんだ。
ソ連崩壊で冷戦が終わり、ポスト冷戦期にはオバマ米大統領による核軍縮提唱やＮＡＴＯ加盟国の軍縮・軍事費縮減が進み、「投資は軍備より環境へ」が規範となった。
一方で、ＮＡＴＯの東方拡大とプーチンの大ロシア的野望が緊張を高めた。米国はＮＡＴＯ諸国に軍事費のＧＤＰ比２％以上を求めた。兵器産業にとって戦争は、確実に支払われる儲け口だ。
ウクライナ戦争は世界を逆転させた。瞬く間に対中軍事包囲網が形成された。米国はじめ主要国指導部は無謀な道に踏み込み、岸田首相はその先頭に立つことをＮＡＴＯの場で国際公約したのだ。
「普通の国」は軍隊を保有し、防衛費ＧＤＰ比２％以上は国際標準だから、日本も見習おう。そのためには９条は足かせだと巧みな世論誘導が始まっている。
アジアの人々は
だが、日本が９条を捨て軍拡を進めたら、日本による植民地支配を忘れないアジアの人々はどう思うか。戦後補償すら「決着済み」とする日本は、侵略を反省していないと見透かされている。
米国の核の傘依存を強める日本から自国を守るため、「核抑止力」強化の動きを誘発するだろう。
ウクライナ戦争の被害を受ける途上国や、中国との関係を大事にしたいアジアの民衆、南北統一を願う朝鮮民衆にとって、日本が「普通の国」に変貌することがどれほど脅威か想像しよう。最大の貿易相手国である中国との敵対は、日本経済に大打撃となる。
敗戦の日に、日本を「普通の国」にしてはならぬとの決意を新たにする。改憲攻撃に後ずさりで防戦するのでなく、果敢に打って出よう。
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No. 1269 77th Anniversary of Japan’s Defeat in WWII
We will commemorate the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing over Hiroshima and the Day of Defeat on August 15 under these uneasy circumstances. Japan invaded to China to kill people there, and ushered in a reckless war against the United States to be crushed, putting an end to the atrocious conducts. Let’s look back what happened. It was an official face of defending the nation that triggered all criminal acts.
JAPAN SHOULD NOT MAKE HERSELF TO BE ONE OF ORDINARY NATIONS
A NATO summit meeting was held in the end of June, in which US President Biden declared that ‘the allied nations had been convened to respond to both of the challenges posed by Russia and China’ adding that ‘the world had changed’.
Japan attempts to take the lead in encircling China
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, who joined the meeting though Japan is not the alliance’s member, told ‘the recent aggression to Ukraine clearly tells us the end of post-Cold War era’, requesting the European participants to vigorously commit in the affairs of the Asia-Pacific Region.
The premier is intended to link the two powerful military pacts, the NATO and US-Japan Alliance, and to take initiative in containing China. That is why the ruling Liberal Democratic Party raised unconcealed proposals during the election campaign in July to increase the defense budget, to attain capabilities to attack enemy bases and to revise the Peace Constitution.
The Cold War ended due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. During the post-Cold War era US President Obama presented a package of nuclear disarmament policies and the NATO members attempted to disarm and reduce military budgets, which has led to a basic rule in which investments should be made in environment rather than in military build-up.
Meanwhile, however, the NATO’s eastward expansion and President Putin’s ambition for Great Russia have developed to a critical phase of tension. The US demanded the NATO allies to spend over 2% of the GDPs on military expenditure. A war is a convenient means for the military industries to make money without fail.
The war in Ukraine has reversed the world. A network to besiege China was built up promptly. Major international players, including US, have taken a wild path. Premier Kishida pledged in the international arena to play a leading role in the same strategy.
‘Ordinary nations’ have military troops, whose military budgets count over 2% of the GDP as the international norm, and Japan, too, should follow the way – for this purpose, Article Nine of the Constitution is a yoke to be removed; this is the elaborated propaganda we see today.
Peoples in Asia
If Japan dumps Article Nine to build up military strength, how will Asian peoples respond who never forget the colonial rule imposed by Japan? The Japanese government regards the post-war compensation issue as settled. The Asian peoples simply judge Japan does not remorse over the devastations it inflicted on them during the last war.
Japan depends on the US nuclear umbrella more and more meticulously. ‘Nuclear deterrence’ will be intensified in the region so that neighbors should save own countries from Japan.
Peoples in the region appreciate developing countries affected by the war in Ukraine, being in favor of relations with China. Koreans wish to be reunified. Let’s think over how threatening it will be for them if Japan turns to be an ‘ordinary nation’. China is the biggest trade partner of Japan. Adversarial relations will severely hit its economy.
On August 15, the Day of Defeat, let’s make firm determination that Japan should never be an ordinary nation.
Let’s struggle bravely! Do not draw back as we face various attacks to alter the Constitution!
August 3, 2022