![]() ![]() ![]() Russia’s military also recently deployed coastal defense missile systems, the Bastion, near disputed islands off the northern coast of Hokkaido. In fiscal year 2020 through March, Japanese fighters scrambled more than 700 times - two-thirds against Chinese warplanes, with the remainder mostly against Russians - the Defense Ministry said. Last month, their warplanes flew together near Japan’s airspace, causing Japanese fighter jets to scramble. In October, a fleet of five warships each from China and Russia circled Japan as they traveled through the Pacific to the East China Sea. Proponents of the new military muscle flexing, however, say the expansion is well-timed and crucial to the Japanese alliance with Washington.Ĭhina and Russia have stepped up military cooperation in recent years in an attempt to counter growing U.S.-led regional partnerships. Japan, the only nation to have atomic bombs dropped on it in war, possesses no nuclear deterrent, unlike other top global militaries, and relies on the so-called U.S. There’s also domestic wariness over nuclear weapons. Critics, both Japan’s neighbors and at home, urge Tokyo to learn from its past and pull back from military expansion. ![]()
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