Cold
War 2.0
The Japanese
government approved a defense white paper for 2016 on Tuesday,
summarizing Japan's defense policy changes while smearing China's
normal maritime activities to justify Japan's own militarization.
The annual
document came after an ad hoc arbitral tribunal with judges mostly
picked by Shunji Yanai, a Japanese right-winger, issued a biased and
illegal award over the South China Sea dispute.
The
Philippines unilaterally filed an arbitration case against China at
the tribunal over the South China Sea in 2013.
[...]
In the
480-page white paper, Japan devoted some 30 pages making
irresponsible remarks on China's national defense and China's normal
and legal maritime activities in the East and South China Seas.
Analysts
here believe that by playing up the so-called "China threat,"
the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is attempting to make
excuses for amending the post-war pacifist constitution and building
up Japan's military.
[...]
It claimed
the legislation "safeguards Japan's peace and security" and
"international community spoke highly of the security laws,"
ignoring the fact that the majority of legal experts in the country
regarded the security laws as unconstitutional and hundreds of
thousands of people have rallied against the laws.
The white
paper also stressed the importance of Japan-U.S. military alliance.
Regarding the planned relocation of the U.S. air base in Okinawa, the
document said relocation to Henoko within the prefecture is the only
solution, despite the strong wish of Okinawans to move the base out
of the island.
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