Who will protect them if China invades?
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Japan’s constitution was written post WW2 and includes clauses that forbids it from having an offensive army.
So instead Japan has a ‘Self Defense Force’ which is nominally just like any other Army, Air Force, or Navy, with the exception that it is technically illegal for the Japanese to declare war and attack anyone.
Japan is perfectly capable of defending itself from attack with state of the art military hardware, and being a member of NATO means that the likes of the US, Australia, Canada, UK, France, etc would come to their aid. The US also maintains permanent military bases on the islands of Japan.
But if they were sufficiently motivated there’s nothing really stopping them from just amending their constitution… they just haven’t.
It isn’t really.
Japan’s constitution prevents it from being used in offensive operations, but it is a potent modern army.
Like other said, there is very little different between the JSDF and other standard armed forces, it’s just that their constitution forbid offensive operation. This is a big reason why Japan isn’t really involved in fight against terrorism all over the world, like most of their western allies. The current governement is having an ”alternative” reading of their constitution and they start to increase their operation worldwide, but they can’t go too far without risking some legal problems unless they succeed at changing their constitution. They only spend 1% of their GDP on their military, which is low compared to the world average of 2.1%. And technically they don’t have aircraft carrier, but they push they stretch that definition more and more. They have two 27,000 tonnes helicopter destroyer, that is currently only operating helicopter, but it was redesigned a Multi-purpose operation destroyer when it was announced that they would operate the F-35B fighter. This is really an aircraft carrier in every aspect but in name.
its not different
the JSDF is essentuially a militia force that benefits being equiped by the army, wit h the only limitation being that it cannot be used in offensive operations.
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