‘Faux pacifists’ imperil Japan while empowering China

The world would benefit from an assertive, proactive and militarily capable Japan.

Radical leftists do Beijing’s bidding by keeping Tokyo weak and neutralized

• Kerry K Gershaneck
• Asia Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces a major political warfare campaign as he labors to defend Japan’s security interests through the normalization of the status of its armed forces.

However, there is a very small but powerful radical-left minority in Japan that desires a weak and neutralized military; nearby, hostile totalitarian regimes benefit from and…

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