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China, Russia and possibly Korea (which army is far larger than Japan's) come to mind. While Japan still does have 100+ million people the population is going t
by Yetanfou 7y ago
China, Russia and possibly Korea (which army is far larger than Japan's) come to mind. While Japan still does have 100+ million people the population is going to shrink and those who live there are getting older and older. The low birth rate will make it hard for Japan to maintain a standing army, the ageing population also makes it harder to maintain a reserve force.
- oblio 7y agoRussia has 20 million people more than Japan and its population is also aging rapidly. Korea? Which one? North Korea? Please :-)
- Yetanfou 7y agoSouth Korea or a reunited Korea - keep in mind that I'm talking about possible future scenarios, decades from now. There has been and still is a lot of animosity between Korea and Japan [1], this goes back centuries. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Japanese_sentiment_in_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Japanese_sentiment_in_Kor...