Last time I talked about what could happen to South Korea if Mr. Donald Trump became the president of the U.S.
Of course the issue of Mr. Trump is a hot topic also in Japan. The biggest difference between Japan and South Korea, as allies to the U.S regarding the issue of Mr. Trump, is that Japan can have a big chance to get ahead while South Korea will have to lose a lot.
Mr. Trump said before media “Japan and South Korea may have a nuke bomb”, “Why don’t Japan and South Korea protect their own countries by themselves? If they want us to protect their lands, then they’ll have to pay all the fees for our stationed base camps or we will have to withdraw our troops.”
What do you think? The younger you are, the higher chances you will agree with him, I think.
When I first heard what Mr. Trump said, I just couldn’t stop laughing. What he said was something we Japanese people would never expect to hear from the officials of the U.S government. If he became the president of America, it would be fun for us too.
Although a lot of women in the U.S seem to be against Mr. Trump. Haha.
Now, I want to explain why Mr. Trump is funny.
The relation between Japan and the U.S after WW2 was like a colonization.
The victorious country of the U.S put Japan under its surveillance. It was all because the U.S thought Japan was a very dangerous country and severe threat to the U.S.
Thus, GHQ(General Headquarters of U.N) in Japan inflicted a lot of prohibitions and restrictions on Japanese people to control and brainwash.
The fact GHQ was meticulously brainwashing Japanese people was confirmed with the hard documents of GHQ’s manual instructions.
Mr. Kent Gilbert, U.S attorney and celebrity in Japan whose writings I often times quote in my blog, is the one explaining the documents in Japanese language in his blogs and books and is really getting a huge attention in Japan now. His books are always best sellers.
As he explained in his blog, GHQ was inflicting rules on Japanese media. It was all about “Don’t talk bad or criticize about the victorious countries”.
Practice of martial arts, such as Judo, Kendo, Karate, and Aikido, was also banned after WW2 by GHQ. I am not the generation who has experienced that era but I’ve heard those information from elderlies many times.
All in all everything what GHQ did in Japan was based on the initial idea that Japanese people were threats for American people.
There are 135 U.S base camps all over Japan now but the first purpose of deploying U.S base camps in Japan was not to protect Japan but to protect American people from Japan therefore deploying U.S base camps in Japan was to monitor Japanese people with arms. It was all the U.S’s will. Japan never asked the U.S to deploy the U.S base camps in Japan. That’s why it’s very understandable the U.S banned Japan to produce any weapons and even airplanes after WW2 in fear of Japan was getting back at the U.S. It was only recently the U.S lifted the prohibition and let Japan produce airplanes.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Forces_Japan
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As you can see, the idea that Japanese people were threats for American people was one of the initial reasons for deploying the U.S base camps in Japan. But what’s really funny about Mr. Trump is despite the U.S was the one banning Japan to produce weapons and airplanes, Mr. Trump said “Hey Japan, why don’t you arm yourself and have a nuke bomb?” Hahaha. It’s like totally forgetting about the relationship between Japan and the U.S after WW2. It's too far-fetched! Hahaha.
You see, Japan could develop weapons and airplanes or fighter jets any time because unlike South Korea which country had no technology at all, Japan had technologies to develop all by itself. It was earlier last year, FAA (Federal Aviation Administration of the U.S) gave HONDA a go sign to produce commercial jets for sale.
HONDA jets are so high on demand that they stopped taking new orders now.
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http://bylines.news.yahoo.co.jp/kunisawamitsuhiro/20150318-00043967/
Speaking of airplanes, the hottest news in Japan is about the fighter jet X-2 called “Shin Shin” which is 100% developed and made in Japan. This fighter jet is still in the process of testing but its ability is already stunning.
Stealth fighter jets are only produced by the U.S now. F-22 called “Raptor” is the most high end stealth fighter jet the U.S ever has. However, Shin Shin’s stealth ability is way more than 10 times of F-22. It is said the breakthrough of the technological limit.
It would be very interesting if Mr. Trump became the president of the U.S. He will encourage Japan to enhance self-defense ability against China and Korea.