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> What would you like me to expand upon? Suppose we immediately moved all of our military bases out of Japan. Are you predicting that the country would collaps
by impendia 13y ago
> What would you like me to expand upon?
Suppose we immediately moved all of our military bases out of Japan. Are you predicting that the country would collapse, economically or otherwise?
Is Japan otherwise dependent on us, except insofar as we are a large market for Japanese-made goods?
- calibraxis 13y agoa) I did not make such a prediction. For what it's worth, Hideyoshi Kase mentioned my initial common-sense reaction: "If United States withdraws its forces from Japan, we will spend the next ten years re-arming in various ways, including acquiring nuclear weapons". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_of_Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_of_Japan) b) Japan has significant weaknesses, like historic lack of natural resources. I imagine it has enormous dependences, and not just on the US. (Dunno how the recent finds of rare earth metals changes this.)