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Japan expressed interest Tuesday in participating in the NATO command for its Ukrainian mission based in Germany in what would be a major boost in ties with the largely European alliance.
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani announced his country’s interest during talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Tokyo. After providing the war-torn country with defense equipment and support, Japan now wants to join NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine, or NSATU, headquartered at a U.S. base in the German town of Wiesbaden.
Details of the mission, including the possibility of sending any Japan Self Defense Force members to Wiesbaden, were still to be discussed. But any Japanese cooperation was not expected to involve combat, in line with what has been Tokyo’s post-World War II tradition of limiting its military’s role.
Nakatani said Japan wants to further deepen security cooperation with NATO and that participation in the NSATU mission would help Tokyo learn lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Japan has said that Russia’s war on Ukraine underscores that security risks in Europe and Asia are inseparable, and Tokyo has sought closer ties with NATO while also joining the United States in expanding defense ties with other friendly nations in the Indo-Pacific.
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Japan considers China a threat in the region and has in recent years accelerated its military buildup, including preparing to acquire strike-back capability with long-range cruise missiles.
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NATO has stepped up its ties with Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, known as the IP4, in recent years, with their officials attending NATO ministerial and summit meetings.
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Japan and Germany teaming up?
The more things change the more things stay the same
Now we need to add “and team up with Japan” LMFAO
And America is part of the Axis of evil, did you get that, this is not 1941, you are still fighting Americans but as the good guys, did you copy. Just to be clear Russia is still the enemy.
So Russia and USA are allies against Germany and Japan? Got it.
Yes, but please remember the difference between “march through” and “invade”.
Why not??
except this time the coin is flipped
Script looks exactly the same
that is why i called it coin
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I think I’ve read this story before but it seems so different
@UrPartnerInCrime at least we are not the baddies this time…
Hans have you looked at our caps?
“Have you looked at our tweets? They have crying immigrants in them.”
Is that… real?
I gotta start saving to get my family out of here. Not sure what out elderly parents are gonna do though. None of them voted Trump either.
Yes, it’s real. Fascists are ultimately petty trolls.
man I feel sad seeing posts like this. We had a comparatively good society here for a bit but now a good chunk of the smart and decent people are going to emigrate. I can’t blame them but still worried about what’s going to happen to the rest of us. Wonder if this is how Germans felt in the early 1930s
Holy fuck, they’re actually specifically being cruel to a particular person there. (She may have trafficked Fentanyl at least once but this is not in any way just punishment, they’re just being bullies.)
Alright, who had “axis but democratic” in their 2025 bingo card?
The axis of weaboos
I didn’t have anything between 2020-2025 in my bingo card, and I think everything that’ll come post-2025 is not in it either!
“But Japan. This time. DONT DO ANYTHING BEFORE YOU CONSULT ME!”
Here’s hoping that Taiwan joins in. The more XP that none-Chinese nations in the Indo-Pacific get, the better they can resist unprovoked aggression.
America certainly isn’t fit to protect anyone decent.
Taiwan will never join in, even if they wanted to. It would stir the pot too much with China.
But Japan’s presence also means it hopes to gain aid for when China invades Japan. That may sound silly, but China claims a lot of Japanese islands as theirs. Some of which are very close to Taiwan.
The same was said with Ukraine. The pot with China is going to keep itself stirring as long as Taiwan remains independent.
The way things stand China might well end up providing the communist dictatorship to the new allies vs the American-Russian Axis
Not just America, but specifically the USA portion of it
Taiwan making any cooperative military action not coordinated by the US would likely kick off some serious shit. China’s not about to let that happen.
Short of China attacking Russia to reclaim territory, I think war will inevitably come to Taiwan’s shores. The US, as it is, won’t protect anybody.
Taiwan getting raped is definitely on my BINGO card. Humpty Trumpty won’t do anything to help.
Is a Russian invasion of the Baltics on your card? Or do you think that is unlikely?
After they finish the take over of Ukraine, I would say every country is at risk. I don’t know enough of the area to gauge which is at most danger.
At this point a comete takeover of Ukraine is possible but not likely.
US standing up to China in the SCS is the only thing that I think is still at play for the US. The military positioning was already set up, and the ego harm would be too great. Maybe they negotiate it away instead.
…as the ‘un-official’ NATO participant, they have a point…Taiwan is real close and a good friend…
Oh man, I’m surprised Japan took so long to get on the fuck the Russians train. Historically, they’re all about that shit
If we’re going for historical reenactment, they would be waiting for their chance to do a surprise invasion and nab a couple of provinces…
There is still that island chain in their north that needs liberation
Never heard of IP4 but Japan + South-Korea and Australia + New Zealand are two sets of valuable assets when it comes to countering the enemies NATO is defending from.
Uh oh, that’s going to make Putler angry and then in turn the tankies angry lol
I’m all for it. The Japanese military is realizing it needs to improve with more foreign experience.
Doesn’t Japan effectively need to ask the US State Department for permission to expand its military capacity, under the terms of the 1945 surrender?
Japan has been gradually easing off on that for a while now and had a fairly substantial self defense force.
At the convenience (sometimes even directed request) of the US, and typically by sourcing their hardware from US military contractors. If Japan is going to align with China and Korea in opposition to US tariffs, I don’t think the US will continue to approve of this military expansion - particularly if it means buying European/Chinese military hardware.
And what will they do then? Tarif them hard? Or do you think the US would invade Japan to keep them from arming further?
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Better start mass-producing Big Zam.
Why did my brain just play the first few bars of Cruel Angels Thesis
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I’m trying to understand what this comment means.
I checked your history and you are at least posing as American but your command of English is questionable.
Help me understand what you meant here.
Well approximately 1 in 7 Americans are functionally illiterate so that tracks.
I decided to search it because I was concerned and found the stat today is even worse, 1 in 5.
My mother was an English teacher so I was one of the lucky ones. The future is looking more bleak every time I come up for air.
I’ve been fact checked. By even worse facts.
We live in the worst timeline.
Xenophobia is a hell of a drug.
