Fighting Without Weapons, Trading Without Profit… Shinzo Abe’s visit to the USA

... guarantee Japan’s complete dependence on the USA in security matters. This article is the hook on which America’s military protection of Japan hangs. Thus Japan declares its readiness to fight on the side of the USA without weapons. The USA’s second important objective aimed at building an effective security system in the Asia-Pacific region is to dampen down the worsening conflict between Japan and South Korea, since effective cooperation between these two countries is vitally important for the Americans. In years gone by the USA focused on bilateral security treaties, creating the so-called “umbrella spokes”, but now the time has come ...