The U.S. Army In Japan

Today, I want to introduce the U.S. Army in Japan. As you know, there are a lot of bases of U.S. Army in Japan. Those were set up after the end of WWⅡ. Recently, some people claims that “Japan is forced to have U.S Army’s base and still controlled by U.S. due to the last lost battle.”  Undoubtedly, it is true on the surface. But the mean of the exist of U.S. Army in Japan is not only it. This time, I want to examine the question “Why there are a lot of U.S. Army’s base in Japan” in the point of view of national defense.

As I said before, the bases of U.S. Army’s are set up during the occupation of U.S., after Japanese lost of the last war. it is natural that after the war, the victor nation occupies the defeated nation. And it is also natural to set up bases for their forces. But it is unnatural that the bases set up more than 60 years ago still exist. For instance, the U.S. Army in Iraq withdrew there due to the pressure from domestic and foreign. In Philippine, the same affair happened too. As these affairs show, U.S. Army can withdraw easily if U.S.’s government hopes so. So it shows a possibilities that there are some means of the existence of U.S. Army’s base in Japan.

To begin with, I want to focus on the international situation of these days. These days, to divide roughly, there were two camps what we call “victor nations” and “defeated nations”. But seeing it more carefully, the world was be able to divide two camps, the East and West camps. It was the combat of capitalism vs socialism what we call “Cold War”. But the U.S. and the SUSR , the leader of each camps, were hardly impoverished due to the last war. So they began the war by proxy. The war by proxy means to fight instead of the U.S. and the SUSR. For that reason, the U.S. and the SUSR want friendly nations as much as possible. Without exception, Japan was include the friendly nations of the U.S.. To say nothing of, Japan had large national power. So it is natural that the U.S. want Japan to stay there friendly country. And not only it, the place of Japan is also important. As you know, there are China and Rossi next to Japan. Needless to say, they were the leaders of the East camp. So, if Japan were incorporated by them, the U.S. would face to them. It means that they can advance to the pacific Ocean. Seeing it from the point of view of the U.S.’s national defense problem, it means that the U.S. would be exposed to the danger of them. So to the U.S. , Japan became one of the most important nation in the world. this shows us the reason why the U.S. Army’s base in Japan developed.

Now, the Cold War has ended. But china still expose the ambitious to advance the Pacific Ocean. As a matter of course, the U.S. would to be displeased. So to contain it, the bases of The U.S. Army in Japan are very important.