Japanese Scholar: Japan Continuously Approaches NATO and Embarks on a Dangerous Path. Japan | NATO | Scholar
In recent years, while expanding its defense capabilities, Japan has accelerated its approach to NATO, which has aroused the vigilance and opposition of many Japanese intellectuals. On June 29th local time, some Japanese experts and scholars held an anti war forum, warning people that Japan is heading towards a very dangerous path.
On that day, some influential experts and scholars in the Japanese academic community gave a speech at the forum, pointing out that the Japanese Self Defense Force had recently participated in a large-scale military exercise held by NATO in Germany, and Japan was still planning to establish a NATO liaison office. In particular, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will soon attend the NATO summit. Experts attending the forum believe that NATO is a war group, and Japan's continuous approach to NATO is to serve the needs of the United States for global hegemony. This not only exacerbates the difficult recovery of the Japanese economy, but also puts Japan in a dangerous situation.
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Yoshikawa, an emeritus professor at Yamaguchi University in Japan, said that the United States and NATO countries have further strengthened their military forces to confront Russia and continue to provide military support to Ukraine. At present, this military group just wants to apply this model in Asia, and from the perspective of Japan's current tendency to become a "quasi NATO country", this is to lead the war of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to Asia, which is a potential plot of the United States.
Kumiko Haneda, Honorary Professor at Aoyama University in Japan: From an economic and public safety perspective, I believe the Japanese government should reject the military demands of the United States and the related demands for NATO expansion.
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Some experts also pointed out that while the Japanese government is approaching NATO, it is also significantly increasing defense spending and attempting to amend the Peace Constitution, which they strongly oppose.
The Chairman of Japan's "Inheritance and Development Village Mountain Dialogue", Takashi Fujita, stated that the NATO military alliance should be dissolved after the end of the Cold War. However, Japan, which has a peaceful constitution, wants to participate in such a military alliance. This is a very absurd thing, a wrong path, and a path of war. I firmly oppose it.
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Honorary Professor of Yamaguchi University in Japan, Akihisa: The Japanese government is currently promoting military expansion under the guise of enhancing its deterrent power. I strongly oppose the Japanese government's proposal to enhance its deterrent power.