So it looks like Trump was right again about giving Japan and SK nuclear weapons. With the current state the Russian military is in, Japan could easily seize the occupied Kuril islands from Russia and create further divisions among Russian personnel in Ukraine. Only thing preventing Japan from doing so are its lack of nukes.
>With the current state the Russian military is in, Japan could easily seize the occupied Kuril islands from Russia and create further divisions among Russian personnel in Ukraine. Only thing preventing Japan from doing so are its lack of nukes.
The only thing stopping them is a lack of will and constitutional limitations (your idea would be illegal by Japan's own laws). They also renounced their claims so it would be an illegal invasion in international terms.
It's a non-starter. They could have 100 nukes tomorrow and it wouldn't happen.
Wrong, Japan claims the islands close to itself as Japanese territory so it wouldn't be considered an act of aggression under Japanese law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute
Do they really want to find out the state the Russians have them in? I imagine the cost of rehumanizing those islands would far surpass whatever economic gain they'd represent.
Just remove the Russian occupants and replace them with Japanese people
Because Japan is famously filled to the brim with young men able to colonize new land.
Just seize the dakimakuras and put them on the land.
That would require infrastructure and industry. They should just leave them to ruin like Kaliningrad.
Your own link outlines how and why Japan forfeited their own claim and are now trying to retroactively say "well actually, we didn't mean these two." The same two that the Soviets offered back and were refused.
It's fricking stupid. They signed the San Francisco treaty, they lost their claim. Now, Russia's claim is also dodgy, but it's not like you can say "Well they aren't yours, so give them back, despite us giving up our claim."
>Although by the terms of Article (2c) of the 1951 San Francisco treaty, Japan renounced all rights to the Kuril Islands, the treaty did not apply to the islands of Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and Habomai since they are not included in the Kuril Islands.
>the treaty did not apply to the islands of Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan and Habomai
>2 (c) Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Kurile Islands, and to that portion of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it over which Japan acquired sovereignty as a consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth of September 5, 1905.
Japan is the only country that doesn't recognize the Habomai islets as part of the Kuril islands. Again, their claim is based on pretending not to know that the Habomai islands are part of the Kuril islands.
Literally doesn't matter. If they say they still claim them, then they still claim them. At the end of the day all that really matters is whether enough people will go along with you, and whether you yourself are strong enough, to just do what you want.
That's why America can engage in naked wars of aggression across the Middle East and not draw sanctions or anything for it (because America is strong as frick and pretty much everyone who matters is cool with it), while Russia is getting the piss beaten out of it by NATO lend-lease for its own naked war of aggression (because Russia is too weak to exert its will plus nobody really wants to side with them except a couple laughable little shitholes).
Why do international sources use the Russian name?
>Japan could easily seize the occupied Kuril islands from Russia and create further divisions among Russian personnel in Ukraine.
Another point is that the JMSDF would eat the Pacific fleet alive, sure. But how will that divide their troops? They couldn't divert troops to those islands anyway, because Japan would easily exercise complete marine and air superiority over the area. Basically, it wouldn't affect much of what is happening in Ukraine, but it would hugely piss off China and both Koreas.
Having nukes doesn’t magically allow you to invade nuclear armed nations.
>nuke area you want to annex
>march into toxic wasteland
Good plan.
Russian doctrine
When have they done this? (Rather than just threatening it.)
Giving Japan Nuclear weapons is the wrong thing culturally but right thing militaristically, giving Korea nuclear weapons is terrible for diplomacy, China and Norks would never allow it as they would be the target.
Why would China and NK not protest nukes in Japan?
They would. I have no idea what that guy is talking about. Every time Japan expands military capabilities China admonishes them.
They would, I just think the reaction to Nukes in Korea would be more serve. Don't Americans already store nukes on Japanese airbases? If that's true it'll just be an extension of the original issue.
>Don't Americans already store nukes on Japanese airbases?
Nope.
Nvm then, anyway that just means diplomatically it'd cause more issues
Info is outdated
>TLDR, America stored Nukes On Japan in the past but withdrew them, Japan is thinking about allowing nukes again on their soil
Forgot the second part
>WW2 in Color map
I fricking loved that show
Afaik this is a map from Al Jazeera https://old.reddit.com/r/gis/comments/cpkyha/question_how_can_i_generate_a_map_like_this_one/
Japan isn't like Russia where they bend their laws ass backwards simply to justify an invasion.
Does Japan even have proper troops? China taking kurils is more likely particularly if some tacit consent from Russia in exchange for support on eastern front
>Trump was right again