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US Wants To Deploy Controversial Missile System to Japan (news.antiwar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (32 children)

This is probably relevant:

Japan says China airspace incursion ‘serious violation of our sovereignty’

Japan wouldn't be interested in an increased US military presence if they weren't feeling threatened by their aggressive neighbor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

They don't have to pay for it and in a rapidly aging country with a very low birth rate they may not have enough people of military age to put together an army at this point.

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