How Powerful Is Japan?
Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Japan is an economic giant, producing some of the world's most advanced technology on the market. But how do they measure up as a political force? TestTube...
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In 2012, Japan laid claim to a string of eight tiny, uninhabited islands by buying them from a private owner. The problem is, China and Taiwan also lay claim those same islands. Recently, this territorial dispute has become a volatile issue -- and one that some reporters have even suggested could trigger another world war. Obviously, that’s a pretty unlikely scenario, but it does raise the question - how powerful is Japan? Well, Japan is an economic giant - but they also have a stunted military. The CIA reports that by design, they spend only 1% of their total GDP on national defense. After World War II, the allied forces made Japan revise their constitution and add an article stating that: “the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign r...
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In 2012, Japan laid claim to a string of eight tiny, uninhabited islands by buying them from a private owner. The problem is, China and Taiwan also lay claim those same islands. Recently, this territorial dispute has become a volatile issue -- and one that some reporters have even suggested could trigger another world war. Obviously, that’s a pretty unlikely scenario, but it does raise the question - how powerful is Japan? Well, Japan is an economic giant - but they also have a stunted military. The CIA reports that by design, they spend only 1% of their total GDP on national defense. After World War II, the allied forces made Japan revise their constitution and add an article stating that: “the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign r...
