The concludion

Until now, I introduced about JSDF, U.S. Army and national defense. Basing on these things, I want to state my opinions.

It has been about 60 years from the defeat of Japan at the last war. These days, after some decades from the defeat, many people who thought the army is evil, disarmament is the only way for peace were appeared. Even now, there are many people who claims that JSDF and U.S. army must be dissolved or must withdraw from Japan. It goes without saying that if all army of each nation is disappear overnight, the misery war must get fewer than now. It is true to a certain degree. But I want you to think the follows.

The religious conflict, the ethnic conflict, and so on are the problems which made the man worry for a long time: even before the born of Jesus Christ. To peruse the human history, there are no nations which didn’t experience any war with neighbor nations. Sometimes there were some nations which experienced the internal disunity. So the conflict is what we call human karma. The man is what we call social being. The man can’t arrive without society. And the society is stand on the sharing one’s sense of value with others. So the man precludes others who don’t have the same sense of value to protect one’s society. Further, although, too extreme speculation that the man can’t coexist with such people. This thought doesn’t change even now. Basing on this thought, I wonder that the only way for the peace is disarmament. If all army and weapons are disappears overnight, the conflicts of religion, ethnic and so on must be remained. The real peace is never achieved as long as there is some conflict. The efficient murder by using weapons must disappear by the disappearance of weapons, but the victims of the conflict never disappear as long as there is the conflict. We can kill others without weapons. So I think that the affair each nations control each other is more pacific than the affair that each nations disarmament. There is an old saying of Rome: “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum”. It means that if you hope the peace, you must prepare for the war.

It goes without saying that the war is misery. The people continue to kill others and who killed more wins at war. It is too savage and misery to express it by language. The war is never allowed. But it never means that all of the army must be dissolved. It never means that the real peace is achieved by disarmament. I don’t think that disarmament is the only way for the peace. The conflicts never be solved by disarmament.. I want to the people who think that JSDF violates the peace, they must be dissolved, they are not needed to think that the peace of japan is defensed by JSDF. They are never needed, but needed for the peace.

The conflict about Takeshima island and Senkaku Islands.

Until now, I explained what is JSDF, and why they are needed mainly. Today I want to introduce two specific examples which in the future JSDF must cope with.

The two examples are nothing but the problem about territory. Now our nation has some problem about territory, but in particular, the problem about Take-shima island and Senkaku island are most serious. These two problem become more and more serious day by day. Because I introduced the outlines of these two problems some week ago, I want to tell you my thought about what JSDF and Japanese government must do.

First term is about Takeshima island. As you know, this island is occupied by korea illegally. Every year, Japanese government protest Korean government about this, but the situation doesn’t gain at all. Japanese government shows their intention to present the case to the International Court of Justice but the consideration doesn’t start as long as both the plaintiff and the accused don’t agree, the consideration wasn’t held till now. Over again, Korean government started to claim that Tsu-shima island (it locates near Takeshima island.) is also Korean territory. About Tsushima island, due to there is Western Army Infantry Regiment, the defense structure is already constructed, but about Takeshima island, the problem has as yet been scarcely dealt with. About these problems, what JSDF and Japanese government should do?

Nowadays the anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea is stronger and stronger day by day. As general, if the relation with the neighbor nation becomes worse at the time that domestic affair is hard due to an economic crisis and so on, the war can easily break out. The relation between Japan and Korea is like that. Japanese government must do his best to avoid the war breaks out, but at the same time, to prepare for the breaking out. And if the war breaks out, the victory or defeated must depends on the naval power. So JMSDF must be reinforced more.

The second is about Senkaku islands. This problem is more serious than the problem of Takeshima island. 

Everyday the warship of China violates the territorial waters of Japan. And the People's Liberation Army shows their intention that the war can’t help to break out. The anti-Japan sentiment becomes stronger and stronger day by day. To make matters worse, the power of China is stronger than Korea. So it is too hard to cope with China’s reckless action by Japanese own efforts. So to defense Japanese territory, it is very important to cooperate with U.S. Army. Nowadays there are some people who claim that the base of U.S. Army in Okinawa must be transferred to out of Okinawa because U.S. Army is not needed by the inhabitants of Okinawa and they violate the peace of Okinawa. I think it is wrong. If there are not the Base of U.S. Army, Senkaku islands and even Okinawa must be occupied by China in the future. The U.S. Army is needed. And it is also important to cooperate with other Asian nations which conflict with China to oppose China.