Britain sees 'exceptional potential' in defense ties with Japan

How many miles do these ‘defensive capabilities’ travel for?

Enough to take out Beijing?

How many miles do these ‘defensive capabilities’ travel for?

Enough to take out Beijing?

What's wrong with giving the thugs in Beijing reasons to lose sleep at night? Deterrence is a good thing, orders of magnitude less costly than the wars that result from being an inviting target for invasion.

Post WW2 Mitsubishi was one of the "zaibatsu " that was seen as elemental to the Japanese war machine and was meant to be "broken up " into various independent sectors.

Then the spectre of Communism raised its head as many Japanese voters and people generally , wanted an alternative to the militaristic status quo.

I,d say

I,d say...Britain get back into your hermit crab brexit exiting shell, and Japan stick with pacificism

Britain looking for support after Starmer's irresponsible "boots on the ground, support from the air"...threatening WW3 remark. Back far off from that alliance Japan...stick with the US

Desert Tortoise.....doesnt one nation building more arms have a cascading affect on other nations who view each other as adversaries.

Its called an "Arms Race "

Neither Japan nor China has the history of warfare that Britain has.

What business of Japan if China wants Taiwan anyway ?

If we're going to have to continue to make weapons of war, might as well make them with countries we can trust. As opposed to, say, countries who could turn them against us with a press of a button if we don't wear a suit and say thank you.

Neither Japan nor China has the history of warfare that Britain has.

I would say your knowledge of Japanese and especially Chinese history is sadly lacking. Chinese dynasties have conquered their neighbors only later to be driven back countless times. China has split up into warring nations only to be forcibly reunified, then break up again over and over as dynasties wax and wane. China was ruled by a Mongol dynasty as late as 1900 until Sun Yat-Sen defeated them and established a republic.

What business of Japan if China wants Taiwan anyway ?

China burns to punish Japan for WWII and wants to strip the Ryukyu Islands away from Japan and return them to their former tributary state under a Chinese viceroy or whatever they will call the modern equivalent. China calls the Ryukyu Islands "Japanese occupied" and do not acknowledge them as legitimately part of Japan.

Desert Tortoise.....doesnt one nation building more arms have a cascading affect on other nations who view each other as adversaries.

Always limited by economic constraints. It is a balancing act for China just as it is for Japan, how much they can tax and how tax revenues are spent. But playing Bambi is to invite invasion. An adversary like China has to feel as if the chance of success is low and the amount of damage they would suffer high enough to make an attack too costly and the likelihood of failure too great to consider.

That doesn't go far enough. Japan should recognize its imperialist role in separating Taiwan from The Mainland and should actively support a peaceful reunification.

What business of Japan if China wants Taiwan anyway ?

Another desperate attempt from the US industrial military complex to use their weak ally Britain and convince naive Japan to invest in American weapons to contain fabricated threats from China.

The problem is the US refuses to change and accept the fact that it’s no longer the sole hegemon, and the only military risk that Japan faces from his neighbor is if they continue as a proxy for the US in its endless wars

Talk about needing a history lesson. YT's Jane Hayward China, What was China's tribute system & why is it relevant today? (part 1) & China's "tribute system" never existed (part 2) would be a good start.

to strip the Ryukyu Islands away from Japan and return them to their former tributary state under a Chinese viceroy

America is not reliable partner, demonstrated by electing a convicted felon & SA criminal.

All of the old US allies would be wise to begin realigning as soon as possible.

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That doesn't go far enough. Japan should recognize its imperialist role in separating Taiwan from The Mainland and should actively support a peaceful reunification.

Tibetans know all about chiNazi's "peaceful reunification".

Just ask the peaceful nuns and monks who are being raped and tortured daily.

Calling the threat of invading Taiwan "peaceful reunification" is the same as saying the Nanjing Incident was just a "playful exercise to reduce over-population."

Reynolds shows he has his share of those renowned British diplomatic and rhetorical skills by using the word ‘potential’ - twice in the quotes in this article alone. So, like any skilled politician, he’s not actually committing himself at all

Desert...if you go back long enough in history, I suppose all nations have been war like.

I should have said "postWW2...the modern era ".

I guess now you will introduce the Mongols or the Roman Empire to boost your argument.

Good for Japan - good for the UK. Two peace-loving democracies, which is becoming a rarity, but they should absolutely work together as much as possible.

Of course the devotees of authoritarianism (and I admit there are many of these types who need an overbearing government to hold their hands in all aspects of life) will be outraged over co-operation between democracies.

May the joint Warplane programme flourish - as well as all other tie-ups between Japan and the UK.

Little Duce could sanction those countries because that jet is not made in US..

 good for the UK. Two peace-loving democracies

LOOOOOOOOOL

Re defense: Britain is circling the drain. She wants closer ties? She let China plop its big greedy maw onto Hong Kong without a peep; Britain and the UN let China break a legally binding treaty, a treaty also registered in the UN.

Britain never gives...she only ever takes. Remember that. Run away. Red flag.

Japan has being diversifying it’s military alliances and partnerships with friendly nations since the 1st Trump administration.

This January, the JGSDF hosted a landmark multilateral Airborne operation with 11 nations. I forgot them all, but it included the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Indonesia, Germany, France, Netherlands, Philippines, etc.

I should have said "postWW2...the modern era ".

China is behaving much like the dynasties of the Middle Kingdom, expecting all the nations around them to know their place and cater to the whims of the emperor, I mean General Secretary, in Beijing. Ask the Philippines and Vietnam about China's respect for their territorial integrity or their, cough cough, peaceful intent. I guess YOU forgot China tried invading Vietnam in 1979 hoping to force the Vietnamese Army to abandon Cambodia where they had just deposed Pol Pot, China's man in Cambodia. China later took islands from Vietnam in the early 1980s. Now they are taking islands from the Philippines and making territorial claims on the Philippines legitimate EEZ. There's your modern era for you. Don't forget invading Tibet, which was a sovereign nation until 1950 or an earlier war to take part of what is now Xinjiang from the USSR.

Nah, Little BRITain just wants cheaper japan cars and trains, so that they can afford a few litre of marine oil for their incredibly reliable navy, (eek). As for HK...wise up please, HK was always China, Ughk just bled it of every cent available, before the 150yr agreement expired, the future of HK was written in its history.

Britain is circling the drain. She wants closer ties? She let China plop its big greedy maw onto Hong Kong without a peep; Britain and the UN let China break a legally binding treaty, a treaty also registered in the UN.

Nonsense; all legally enshrined. But please quote the treaty that you are obviously fully knowledgeable of. (maybe study the 'Basic Law' for a starter)

The international treaty that China broke is the Sino-British Joint Declaration, signed on Dec. 19, 1984, between the United Kingdom and the CPP.

Since Covid, a lot of little pinks and wumao shilling their propaganda and insults here.

Nothing was "broke". HK continues to have its own local government, own justice system, own currency, central bank, etc. Heck they continue to drive on the left side of the road. Because the HK government did not pass a national security law as required in the Hong Kong Basic Law which was outlined in the joint agreement. The central government had to reach down and help out with the passage of this law due to the unrest and violence of the failed Color Revolution.

Using derogatory language towards those who hold opinions other than yours is childish at best.

I’m a pacifist and I disapprove strongly over wasting all this money, especially in U.K. where the elderly and disabled are having benefits cut.