The Japanese government asked the United States on Thursday for Japan to be exempt from auto tariffs, calling the latest move by its closest ally "extremely regrettable," a top government spokesman says.
As a deterrence against North Korea and also China. NK sees Japan as an enemy because Japan was a colonizer of the peninsula and Japan is allied with South Korea. NK has kidnapped Japanese citizens in the 70’s and 80’s and they have fired rockets over Japan several times in the last 20 years so Japan sees NK as a real threat. And China has a territorial dispute with Japan and Japan is an ally of Taiwan.
Japan doesn’t have nukes, aircraft carriers or even bombers. While China has all of that and North Korea is building a nuclear arsenal. Japan’s own laws prevent them from building a full military force. They have what they call a Defense Force. Those laws were created when they were occupied by the US.
So they rely on the US for nuclear deterrence and support in case they do get attacked.
As a deterrence against North Korea and also China. NK sees Japan as an enemy because Japan was a colonizer of the peninsula and Japan is allied with South Korea. NK has kidnapped Japanese citizens in the 70’s and 80’s and they have fired rockets over Japan several times in the last 20 years so Japan sees NK as a real threat. And China has a territorial dispute with Japan and Japan is an ally of Taiwan.
Japan doesn’t have nukes, aircraft carriers or even bombers. While China has all of that and North Korea is building a nuclear arsenal. Japan’s own laws prevent them from building a full military force. They have what they call a Defense Force. Those laws were created when they were occupied by the US.
So they rely on the US for nuclear deterrence and support in case they do get attacked.