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Podcast 120 - Militarism Rises Again In Japan

Socialist correspondent

Published
December 3, 2024
Duration
17:29
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Last updated
Jun 7, 2026

Discusses One aspect of the build up for war with China is the rearmament and increasingly aggressive military…

Summary

One aspect of the build up for war with China is the rearmament and increasingly aggressive military posture of Japan. Imperialists in Japan have long sought to shed the constraints placed on it as a defeated nation after the Second World War and now they have been given the green light to do this by the United States, which wants Japan to be part of the …

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One aspect of the build up for war with China is the rearmament and increasingly aggressive military posture of Japan. Imperialists in Japan have long sought to shed the constraints placed on it as a defeated nation after the Second World War and now they have been given the green light to do this by the United States, which wants Japan to be part of the military encirclement of China and of Russia in the East. However, as the only country which has experienced the use of nuclear weapons at Hiro