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Japan, faced with rising China, shifts its strategy
singkat cerita jepang khawatir" ama china tapi tetep ogah buat nyinsingin lengan sendiri, maka pemecahannya adalah pdkt dg negara yg juga "khawatir" ama china dan mau menyingsingkan lengan... jepang nggak mau mulai perlombaan senjata kok, cuma mau mensponsorinya saja sama aja dong ^.^
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TOKYO - After years of watching its international influence eroded by economic decline, pacifist Japan is trying to raise its profile in a new way, offering military aid for the first time in decades and displaying its own armed forces in an effort to build regional alliances and shore up other countries' defences to counter a rising China.
Already this year, Japan crossed a little-noted threshold by providing its first military aid abroad since the end of World War II, approving a US$2 million (S$2.44 million) package for its military engineers to train troops in Cambodia and East Timor in disaster-relief and skills like road building.
Japanese warships have not only conducted joint exercises with a growing number of military forces in the Pacific and Asia, they have also begun making regular port visits to countries long fearful of a resurgence of Japan's military.
And after stepping up civilian aid programmes to train and equip the coast guards of other nations, Japanese defence officials and analysts say, Japan could soon reach another milestone: Starting sales in the region of military hardware like seaplanes and, perhaps eventually, the stealthy diesel-powered submarines considered well suited to the shallow waters where China is making increasingly assertive territorial claims.
Taken together, those steps, while modest, represent a significant shift for Japan, which had resisted repeated calls from the United States to become a true regional power for fear that would move it too far from its postwar pacifism.
The driver for Japan's shifting national security strategy is its tense dispute with China over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that is feeding Japanese anxiety that their country's relative decline - and the financial struggles of their country's traditional protector, the US - are leaving them increasingly vulnerable.
"During the Cold War, all Japan had to do was follow the US," said Mr Keiro Kitagami, a special adviser on security issues to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. "With China, it's different. Japan has to take a stand on its own."
Japan's moves do not mean it might transform its military, which serves a purely defensive role, into an offensive force anytime soon. The public has resisted past efforts by some politicians to revamp Japan's pacifist constitution and the nation's vast debt will limit how much military aid it can extend.
But it is also clear that attitudes in Japan are evolving as China continues its double-digit annual growth in military spending and asserts that it should be in charge of the islands Japan claims as well as vast swathes of the South China Sea that various South-east Asian nations say are in their control.
China, which itself suffered mightily in imperial Japan's 20th-century territorial grabs, has reacted with warnings that Japan is trying to overturn the outcome of World War II by staging a military comeback.
Japanese officials say their strategy is not to begin a race for influence with China, but to build up ties with other nations that share worries about their imposing neighbour. They acknowledge that even building the capacity of other nations' coast guards is a way of strengthening their ability to stand up to any Chinese threat.
"We want to build our own coalition of the willing in Asia to prevent China from just running over us," said Professor Yoshihide Soeya, Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies at Keio University in Tokyo.
The US has generally welcomed such efforts by Japan, which are in line with its own strategy of building up Asian nations militarily so they can stand their ground against China, as well as expanding a US military presence in the region. Japan's Ministry of Defence said it planned to double its military aid programme next year to help Indonesia and Vietnam.
Vietnam could also be among the countries Japan would allow to buy its submarines, according to former Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa, who named Australia and Malaysia as other possible buyers.
"Japan has been insensitive to the security needs of its regional neighbours," he said in a recent interview. "We can offer much to increase their peace of mind." The New York Times
[url]http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC121128-0000031/Japan,-faced-with-rising-China,-shifts-its-strategy
[/url]Already this year, Japan crossed a little-noted threshold by providing its first military aid abroad since the end of World War II, approving a US$2 million (S$2.44 million) package for its military engineers to train troops in Cambodia and East Timor in disaster-relief and skills like road building.
Japanese warships have not only conducted joint exercises with a growing number of military forces in the Pacific and Asia, they have also begun making regular port visits to countries long fearful of a resurgence of Japan's military.
And after stepping up civilian aid programmes to train and equip the coast guards of other nations, Japanese defence officials and analysts say, Japan could soon reach another milestone: Starting sales in the region of military hardware like seaplanes and, perhaps eventually, the stealthy diesel-powered submarines considered well suited to the shallow waters where China is making increasingly assertive territorial claims.
Taken together, those steps, while modest, represent a significant shift for Japan, which had resisted repeated calls from the United States to become a true regional power for fear that would move it too far from its postwar pacifism.
The driver for Japan's shifting national security strategy is its tense dispute with China over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that is feeding Japanese anxiety that their country's relative decline - and the financial struggles of their country's traditional protector, the US - are leaving them increasingly vulnerable.
"During the Cold War, all Japan had to do was follow the US," said Mr Keiro Kitagami, a special adviser on security issues to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. "With China, it's different. Japan has to take a stand on its own."
Japan's moves do not mean it might transform its military, which serves a purely defensive role, into an offensive force anytime soon. The public has resisted past efforts by some politicians to revamp Japan's pacifist constitution and the nation's vast debt will limit how much military aid it can extend.
But it is also clear that attitudes in Japan are evolving as China continues its double-digit annual growth in military spending and asserts that it should be in charge of the islands Japan claims as well as vast swathes of the South China Sea that various South-east Asian nations say are in their control.
China, which itself suffered mightily in imperial Japan's 20th-century territorial grabs, has reacted with warnings that Japan is trying to overturn the outcome of World War II by staging a military comeback.
Japanese officials say their strategy is not to begin a race for influence with China, but to build up ties with other nations that share worries about their imposing neighbour. They acknowledge that even building the capacity of other nations' coast guards is a way of strengthening their ability to stand up to any Chinese threat.
"We want to build our own coalition of the willing in Asia to prevent China from just running over us," said Professor Yoshihide Soeya, Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies at Keio University in Tokyo.
The US has generally welcomed such efforts by Japan, which are in line with its own strategy of building up Asian nations militarily so they can stand their ground against China, as well as expanding a US military presence in the region. Japan's Ministry of Defence said it planned to double its military aid programme next year to help Indonesia and Vietnam.
Vietnam could also be among the countries Japan would allow to buy its submarines, according to former Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa, who named Australia and Malaysia as other possible buyers.
"Japan has been insensitive to the security needs of its regional neighbours," he said in a recent interview. "We can offer much to increase their peace of mind." The New York Times
[url]http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC121128-0000031/Japan,-faced-with-rising-China,-shifts-its-strategy
singkat cerita jepang khawatir" ama china tapi tetep ogah buat nyinsingin lengan sendiri, maka pemecahannya adalah pdkt dg negara yg juga "khawatir" ama china dan mau menyingsingkan lengan... jepang nggak mau mulai perlombaan senjata kok, cuma mau mensponsorinya saja sama aja dong ^.^
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