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Military presence k2 alliance (2/7)



Japans non-military contributions dominate US-Japan alliance

Yoda 5

(Rand reporter, Rand Corporation: Objective Analysis. Effective Solutions. Recalibrating Alliance

Contributions Changing Policy Environment and Military Alliances, pdf)
Three factors strengthened this asymmetrical character of alliance relationship coming from the obligations under the treaty. First is Japan’s Constitutional constraint (Article 9) on the use of forces. Second is Korea’s and China’s sensitivities towards Japan’s military activities, which arose from colonization of and military aggression to those countries in the past. Third is anti-militarism sentiment among Japanese population after World War II. Those factors make it difficult for Japan to expand alliance contributions in military activities beyond legal obligations under the treaty. As a result, non-military contributions of Japan including the provision of land for the U.S. forces and military contributions of the U.S. including maintenance of deterrence against enemy forces have dominated the security relationship. Having this clear demarcation both as a cause and an effect, military cooperation did not begin until the late 1970s and the scope of cooperation was limited.
US military presence key to Japanese US alliance

Yoda 5

(Rand reporter, Rand Corporation: Objective Analysis. Effective Solutions. Recalibrating Alliance

Contributions Changing Policy Environment and Military Alliances, pdf)

The forward-deployed U.S. military presence in Japan, including Okinawa, demonstrates Washington's commitment to fulfilling its 1960 bilateral security treaty obligations. Although not widely known, the security treaty obligates the U.S. not only to defend Japan, but also to fulfill broader regional security responsibilities. "For the purpose of contributing to the security of Japan and the maintenance of international peace and security in the Far East,the United States of America is granted the use by its land, air and naval forces of facilities and areas in Japan.

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Maintaining troops in Okinawa key to US-Japanese relationships



Klingner 10( Bruce Klingner, Senior research fellow at Heritage Foundation, NorthEast Asia branch. Chief of CIA’s Kore Branch, “Military Base Dispute Strains U.S.-Japan Alliance” Heritage Foundation, http://s3.amazonaws.com/thf_media/2010/pdf/wm_2769.pdf) The DPJ was swept into office in a landslide electoral victory in August 2009 amidst euphoric expectations that the party would dramatically change the manner in which Japan was governed. In foreign policy, the DPJ sought to display a new assertiveness in Japan’s relations with Washington. But by choosing to dramatize the Futenma issue, Hatoyama disastrously misread the Obama Administration’s commitment to maintaining the security capabilities necessary to fulfill its bilateral defense treaty requirements. Now, just five months later, Hatoyama is buffeted by plummeting public approval, growing criticism over his indecisiveness, and financial scandals involving himself and party chief Ichiro Ozawa. Japanese public opinion polls show the highest level of support for the U.S. alliance in 50 years and rising concern that Hatoyama has damaged the important relationship with Washington. Instead, the Obama Administration must remain resolute on the need to implement the force realignment agreement, especially maintaining U.S. Marine Corps air units on Okinawa. Privately, Washington should continue to press Tokyo to quickly accept the Futenma replacement facility plan. Allowing the Futenma wound to continue to fester distracts both nations from more important issues and strains important bilateral military ties.
China threatens US Japanese relations

Tkacik 4

( Senior Fellow at “The Heritage Foundation” “China’s New Challenge to the U.S.-Japan Alliance” http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2004/07/Chinas-New-Challenge-to-the-US-Japan-Alliance)


As Chinese warships and naval survey vessels ply Japanese waters hoping to stake their claim to potentially gas-rich seabeds, the United States is sending mixed signals to Japan on the U.S.-Japan alliance. Ambiguity in Washington may undermine Japanese confidence in the alliance-in itself, a major strategic goal for Beijing. Washington must now publicly support Japan, our most important ally in Asia, if it hopes to deter China from further adventurism in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone. On Tuesday, July 6, Japanese antisubmarine aircraft spotted a Chinese naval survey vessel, the Nandiao 411, well within Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The Chinese foreign ministry declined to comment on the incursion, saying it had not received any report of naval survey activities. On July 13, Japanese coast guard cutters discovered a Chinese civilian research vessel, the Xiangyanghong 9, within the EEZ and engaged in survey operations for which it had not sought, much less obtained, Japanese government permission-a possible violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).[1] Japanese aircraft ordered the vessel to leave the area, but the Chinese ship refused to respond. Even more ominously, on July 14, a Chinese naval vessel overtook a Japanese resource exploration ship inside the EEZ, forcing it to alter its route to avoid a collision. The Chinese navy has made a habit of traversing Japanese waters for the past two years, and Chinese ships and submarines have been particularly assertive in the past year. In January, the Japanese government declassified a report that Chinese naval vessels had entered the EEZ six times during 2003 "to survey subsea routes for Chinese submarines to enter the Pacific." These incursions include two violations of Japan's territorial waters by Ming class submarines in the vicinity of Kagoshima at the southern tip of Kyushu. So far this year, Japan's Self Defense Forces have documented at least twelve violations of the EEZ, including three separate incursions northwest of the Senkaku Islands in May alone. Alarmed by China's presence in Japanese waters, Tokyo will soon dispatch a civilian survey vessel-looking for natural gas-to the area near the Senkaku Islands (which China calls "Diaoyutai") to assert its own EEZ rights. Beijing's foreign ministry protested this news, claiming that the EEZ is "disputed." It warned Tokyo not to take "any action that may imperil China's interest and complicate the current situation." The Chinese navy's sudden assertiveness-indeed aggressiveness-in Japanese waters is a test of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Washington must be careful not to confront this challenge with its traditional studied ambiguity. Ambiguous support for an ally against China's increasingly provocative territorial encroachments will encourage China to become more aggressive not just in Japanese waters, but also in the South China Sea and, of course, the Taiwan Strait… The United States should view with alarm China's increasing aggressiveness in the Western Pacific and its continuing challenges to long-established maritime boundaries.


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