Can’t see where it says Japan will never rearm or places any limit on when Japan can rearm. AFAIK it is their Constituition which states that they will maintain forces only enough for self defence and avoid nuclear weapons. In case you are looking for the Potsdam declaration you can find it here.
If the Japanese people feel it is neccessary for them to have nuclear weapons and/or create an offensive force the only thing that prohibits them from doing so today is their Constituition.
Just FYI.
Ummm.. actually paragraph 11 does say that:
(11) Japan shall be permitted to maintain such industries as will sustain her economy and permit the exaction of just reparations in kind, but not those which would enable her to re-arm for war . To this end, access to, as distinguished from control of, raw materials shall be permitted. Eventual Japanese, participation in world trade relations shall be permitted.
(12) The occupying forces of the Allies shall be withdrawn from Japan as soon as these objectives have been accomplished and there has been established in accordance with the freely expressed will of the Japanese people a peacefully inclined and responsible government.
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The US is still in Okinawa (Which is stupid). The postdam agree was meant to neuter Japan. I’ve always thought it was one of the most seriously flawed article of law ever written. But to make the point, Japan’s pacifism was indeed forced upon them by the Allied Powers.
BTW, I am Vietnamese and I support Japan’s right to re-arm. So not all East Asians are against Japan’s re-militarization.
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