Chief among the Japanese military’s concerns is a Chinese attack on neighboring Taiwan that could spark a wider conflict, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warning that Ukraine today could be East Asia tomorrow.

mirror: archive.today

  • aside from the obvious geopolitical tensions between japan, china, taiwan, and everyone else in the area, there’s the historical importance of japan taking a military footing for the first time since WWII. furthermore - for the first time, like, ever - they’re moving military assets into foreign territory to shore up defenses as friendly neighbors rather than fascist imperial overlords or conquerors.

    i think that’s noteworthy.