Although the United States criticizes the Union of Trump, the United States is expanding military relations with Japan

Tokyo – President Trump criticized that they characterized as a unilateral security union between the United States and Japan in early March. The authorities in Japan have heard of Mr. Trump’s comments and so far continue to form the country’s national security plans based on support from the United States.

Government officials acknowledge that there is not really another choice.

“There is no PLAN for Japan other than the United States,” Takuya Akiyama, Deputy Director of the Bureau of North America in the Japanese Foreign Ministry in CBS News. “As a wise and physical work, no other country is unthinkable.”

USA Can withdraw from Europe Despite the statement of President Trump, but despite the announcements of Japan, the US military cooperation with Tokyo seemed stable and even expanded, because the White House expands as the Asia increases Reliable Super Power, Chinese.

Threat to China’s neighbors

Japanese officials may have been breathing in February, Prime Minister Shedal. Trump management has once again confirmed its commitment to Japan, including Japan, including the ownership of Tokyo’s property Senkaku Islands.

China and its neighbors are one of the controversy of many land ownerships South China Sea – Almost all that Beijing claims its territory. The White House has repeatedly condemned Chinese aggression Militarianization and US warships and planes in the South China Sea are exercising “Freedom of Navigation” in the area – often draw sharply rebuades from Beijing.

Japanese Prime Minister advisers are preparing to meet with Mr. Trump for several months from the US elections. According to the officials of the Security Union, the US foreign minister’s officials, the Japanese security union has focused on the use of a clear and concise language to increase its defense costs and military procurement.

Chinese was rapidly to increase their military capabilitiesAccording to US officials, including the nuclear program in recent years. Declared Chinese last year Increased 7.2% in the defense budgetAlready the world’s second highest, was only in the US.

In February, Taiwan condemned China and placed his forces in response to Chinese servicemen Trainings of “Shooting Training” were held In Taiwan’s throat.

“If the people of the American perspective and Japan falls in the Pacific,” China’s Emergency Institute “Fallon’s Institute” Institute “Fallyos”, they will be able to connect global shipments, such as the South China and other places. “

The Japanese and Chinese naval ships around the Senkaku islands were intense meetings between both Beijing and a group of Islands allegedly by Tokyo. According to Japanese government ships, China’s government ships, 366 days of China 366 days, 366 days of China’s 366 days in 366 days in 2008, entered the sea area around the Islands.

Chinese ships working around the islands are more and more and larger weapons, armed, but in the arguable areas of foreign and defense ministries.

Japanese analysts say that the crash or incident in the area, which is not believed that the approach of Senkaku Islands is approaching, there is a risk that the accident involved in fishing or other non-warships or other non-warships may cause a rapid military escalation.

“The Chinese Communist Party believes in power. They believe that they believe in the power to do so,” The Chinese expert Ako Takahara, the Professor of the Tokyo Christian University told CBS. “We want us to increase the presence of us in this region because China is undoubtedly going to develop the presence of the region.”

Is the US-Japanese defense cooperation coming a great boost?

Japan instructed to spend the defense approach in recent years, including 2% of GDP to 2027 defense. Japan decided to decide to achieve only World War war in 2022, the War of World War I, only the meter war, only meter war.

The Trump administration was approved by changes and did not ask Japan, as soon as it was afraid of Japanese officials, as it increases in defense spending.

Mr. Trump, this month, complained about the hypothetical training of Japan this month, and meeting the mutual defense commitment to the United States in accordance with Article 5 USA-Japan security agreementJapanese officials tried to pay more attention to Japan’s core and facilities for US forces. And this aspect of the connection can be assigned to expand.

The United States and Japan have been taking part in the discussions since Mr. Trump’s return on the establishment of a joint force headquarters in Japan. If this happens, the US forces will increase the role of the role in Japan to the command headquarters with the operating organization. The update dialogue was announced as part of the Biden management after the Japanese was required by the Japanese.

In the case of a regional security crisis, the Chinese Taiwan or the controversial Southern Island will meet the headquarters of the joint force in Japan, the ability to respond to commands from the region, than expected the US-Pacific command.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is expected to meet with Japanese counterpart in late March that will discuss strengthening US forces in the Pacific region.

Concern in Ukraine

Dramatic The gaps of Trump management In his position Ukraine He was also concerned in Japan. Japan has faithfully supporter of Ukraine because Russia launched a full-scale occupation in February 2022. Japanese officials are worried about an advantage to be built if the United States will give up a national partner to the occupation by a stronger neighbor.

“In the light of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the security of the security of the countries,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in June 2022 in the regional security summit in a few months. “Today, today Ukraine has a strong sense of urgency to be east asian tomorrow.”

It is afraid of Japanese, the United States and the world are preparing to adopt a change in Europe’s borders by Russia and the world, they can also refuse to interfere in the situation of a Chinese attack in Taiwan.

“If the Chinese did something similar to Xi Jinping, Trump, Putin will be kind to Xi Jinping,” said Professor Takahara CBS. “This message will be taken in Beijing.”

The authorities in Tokyo are trying to focus on long-term bilateral relations with Washington, outside the Trump management, but are closely following the volumes of foreign policy of China, especially the Trump Administration.

“We do not know what Mr. Trump’s tomorrow will do tomorrow and what to do after a day. Thus, the first round of the first round, went well.” Said Takahara. “What about the next stage? When does it come? No one knows.”