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Japan Withdrawal – 1AC [8/10]Advantage Three – Japanese RearmDespite the ending of World War II and the Cold War, the US has failed to adjust its military deployments around the world and this is especially true in relation to JapanBandow, 2010 [Doug, Senior fellow at the Cato Institute and former special assistant to President Reagan; “Japan Can Defend Itself,” May 12, Accessed online at http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11804. Article also appeared on The National Interest Online]World War II ended 65 years ago. The Cold War disappeared 21 years ago. Yet America's military deployments have little changed. Nowhere is that more evident than on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Okinawans are tired of the heavy U.S. military presence. Some 90,000 — nearly 10 percent of the island's population — gathered in protest at the end of April. It is time for Washington to lighten Okinawa's burden. An independent kingdom swallowed by imperial Japan, Okinawa was the site of a brutal battle as the United States closed in on Japan in early 1945. After Tokyo's surrender, Washington filled the main prefecture island with bases and didn't return it to Japan until 1972. America's military presence has only been modestly reduced since. The facilities grew out of the mutual defense treaty between America and Japan, by which the former promised to defend the latter, which was disarmed after its defeat. The island provided a convenient home for American units. Most Japanese people also preferred to keep the U.S. military presence on Japan's most distant and poorest province, forcing Okinawans to carry a disproportionate burden of the alliance. Whatever the justifications of this arrangement during the Cold War, the necessity of both U.S. ground forces in Japan and the larger mutual defense treaty between the two nations has disappeared. It's time to reconsider both Tokyo's and Washington's regional roles. The United States imposed the so-called "peace constitution" on Japan, Article 9 of which prohibits the use of force and even creation of a military. However, American officials soon realized that Washington could use military assistance. Today's "Self-Defense Force" is a widely accepted verbal evasion of a clear constitutional provision. Nevertheless, both domestic pacifism and regional opposition have discouraged reconsideration of Japan's military role. Washington's willingness to continue defending an increasingly wealthy Japan made a rethink unnecessary. Despite dependence on the US military, Japan has begun revisiting its security stance in the region to a more outward focus which is necessary for defense independenceBandow, 2010 [Doug, Senior fellow at the Cato Institute and former special assistant to President Reagan; “Japan Can Defend Itself,” May 12, Accessed online at http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11804. Article also appeared on The National Interest Online]Fears of a more dangerous North Korea and a more assertive People's Republic of China have recently increased support in Japan for a more robust security stance. The threat of piracy has even caused Tokyo to open its first overseas military facility in the African state of Djibouti. Nevertheless, Japan's activities remain minimal compared to its stake in East Asia's stability. Thus, Tokyo remains heavily dependent on Washington for its security. The then opposition Democratic Party of Japan promised to "do away with the dependent relationship in which Japan ultimately has no alternative but to act in accordance with U.S. wishes." The party later moderated its program, calling for a "close and equal Japan-U.S. alliance." However, the government promised to reconsider a previous agreement to relocate the Marines Corps Air Station at Futenma elsewhere on Okinawa. The majority of residents want to send the base elsewhere. The Obama administration responded badly, insisting that Tokyo fulfill its past promises. Only reluctantly did Washington indicate a willingness to consider alternatives — after imposing seemingly impossible conditions. Still, the primary problem is Japan. So long as Tokyo requests American military protection, it cannot easily reject Washington's request for bases. Thus, Okinawan residents must do more than demand fairness. They must advocate defense independence. Japan Withdrawal – 1AC [9/10]US withdrawal from Japan results in Japan rearmamentDeng, 07 (Yong – Associate professor of political Science at the US Naval Academy, “The Asianization of East Asian security and the United States’ Role,” 7/12/07, Google Scholar, CJC) A sudden U.S. withdrawal would induce a new arms race in the region. Almost all Asian countries are, in varying degrees, engaged in military modernization thanks to growing economic power and the availability of advanced weapons at bargain prices in the international arms markets. As the history of international relations shows, a country's efforts for arms increases to enhance its own security often inadvertently heighten the insecurity of its neighbors, who could be tempted to engage in a reactive arms race. The lack of an accelerated arms race now in East Asia owes much to the stabilizing role of the United States. Without U.S. protection, Japan would seem compelled to re-arm itself rapidly, especially in light of the threat from the Korean Peninsula and China. The security dilemma that once caused hundreds of years of numerous large-scale wars and conflicts in Europe could send Asia's future back to Europe's past. Thus, "the potential for rearmament that Japan's wealth represents helped legitimate in Asian eyes a security role for the United States as insurance against that prospect. "26 Anchoring Japan in the U.S.-dominated security framework is the only way to put a brake on Japanese ambition to acquire military and political power commensurate with its economic clout. The U.S. security protection had once created an "international greenhouse" insulating Japan in a remarkable degree from the turmoil of the Cold War. 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