Heaven-Sent Constitution of Japan
To some people interested in Japanese defense systems, the Japanese Constitution should be, apart from anything else, introduced:
THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN
CHAPTER II. RENUNCIATION OF WAR
Article 9.
Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
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That is why Japanese defense power is called the Self Defense Force instead of the army, the navy or the air force.
The Self Defense Force of Japan cannot be used for the purpose of a war against any foreign countries.
Nonetheless, U.S. military forces, stationed in Japan since the end of WWII in 1945, have logically no such restrictions, since they are not subject to the Constitution of Japan.
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Japan has 63 nuclear power stations and 43 tons of plutonium that are enough to construct thousands of atomic bombs or nuclear bombs, though Japan complies fully with international treaties and conventions concerning peaceful use of the nuclear materials and accepts every inspection by IEA.
Japan is the third country in the history that succeeded in launching a satellite in geostationary orbit, following the U.S. and USSR. Japan is also the third country in the world in terms of the number of satellites so far launched, following the U.S. and Russia.
Japan has no intention to develop nuclear missiles.
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Most of citizens in Japan are aware of, or at least feeling, this dangerous military potential of their country.
But, no Japanese believe that a time will come in future when their nation has to construct thousands of nuclear missiles.
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Japan is surrounded by seas far from Europe and the Mid East. Even China has neither occupied nor conquered Japan since the beginning of history.
What's more, we have truly peace-loving people and the Constitution.
And, we have EEE-Reports, if you like.
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