On the short term these geostrategical concerns are probably no reason for an escalation of weapons around (조선동해; 朝鮮東海 / 日本海) Japanese / Corean seas, yet definitely confirm populations concerned in a natural right to protect themselves.

In such a political system, as Deng Xiaoping proposed in 1983, would have Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, and China as member states/provinces. It was quite perceivable that other Asian nations make no major decisions without China being informed first, and that in the future those nations join under this umbrella.

Hence one day Japan being a part of a Chinese union, politically, but not economically, and somewhat distinct in sovereignty enough to appease the people while giving China positive PR? Possible, even a good chunk of university students in Beijing and elsewhere are pushing this idea.

Do I personally like this? No. Do I think the Happiness Party’s fearmongering should be encouraged? At the same time, no.

If we are one of the leading countries of all over the world right now, we can’t just think about our country, rather has to think abut protecting ourselves and other countries.

It could erupt any second(If you check on CNN news, it is so obvious.).

Also, people should put things in perspective.
Do not just finish things by personal biases.

The important thing is not who is right, but WHAT IS RIGHT.

I think what they are trying to say is right.

There are someone who is seriously thinking about
protecting their own ountry, better than other exsisting
political parties.(They always evades their responsibilities.)

Yeah, as far as it goes for now, the security treaties remain in effect. I am sure that this will become an issue once something in the region or world politics changes and requires Japan to be on her own defenses, but this scenario is pretty crazy.

As far as nuclear weapons go if Japan were to be able to rearm again, I think the memories of the past usage of them would be enough to convince most of the franchised voters to vehemently oppose nuclear weapons in Japan (which is the current consensus). Of course, since the cold war you can’t really expect to defend well without a few, but sanctions will be threatened if Japan were to do that in “this” situation. And…in all likelihood, it’s not going to happen.

do you fear that the Happiness Realization Party might become Japan’s no 1 party ?

I personally don’t agree with that cause seems to me that winning the war means everything…China is building up its military power rite now and has not yet shows any unpleasant intention toward any country but it seems to me that U.S has been giving out lots of excuses to sabotage China just because China will soon became a strong nation which is sufficient to threaten U.S position as the most influential nation around the globe.

An abrupt end to the security treaty would likely mark a serious split in the direction of security policies, political outlooks, and ambitions between the US and Japan. That would eventually bring the issue of Japanese nuclear armament onto the table if Japan had to fend for itself, and that sanctions based on the NPT would follow if things kept going that way wouldn’t be too hard to imagine from there.
People still like to invoke the story of the Super 301 clause of the 1988 Trade Act which, in the eyes of the Japanese, was infamously used to quash emerging Japanese technological fields which would be in direct competition with “vital American economic interests”, like supercomputers and satellites. That serves to them as an example of how Americans would not hesitate to use whatever means necessary to bring Japan back under its control if it ever rebelled.

Also, China is a nation that has gone through many wars with its neighbors, such as the Sino-Vietnamese War or the Sino-Soviet Conflict, and Sino-Indian war, so it’s not like they’re avert to making war. And now they’re planning on building an aircraft carrier too.
I don’t know if you are aware of it but there are routine, frequent incursions into Japanese waters by unidentified vessels, which most certainly are Chinese subs, though maybe occasionally Norks. If they’re that bold when the one of the military arms of world’s premier superpower is based right in that country, who knows how things might escalate if there’s suddenly a power vacuum? The JSDF is built from the ground up as a force to augment the US Forces based here should push come to shove. This is while doing all sorts of logistical contortions to get around the pacifist constitution, so on its own it’s likely an ineffective and unbalanced fighting force.

So the worries voiced by your clever friends may be improbable for the time being, but certainly plausible, imho.

Still, I think there are people who fear this. There was a hailstorm in our town ten years ago and it was very dramatic, with rushing winds and darkened skies. I was in a shopping mall and half a dozen of the people around me thought the North Koreans had launched a missile attack.

Anyway, a decent way to battle nukes is simply to keep fighting. The world has changed from half a century ago, and with demilitarization cropping up more and more, a country that uses nuclear weapons without some sort of half-assed “self-defense” reason (like the US did with Hiroshima and Nagasaki and years after the beginning of an already initiated war), will be labeled a demon and will be assaulted, or at least shut out from all world relations. Then said country will have to win the war to legitimize the use of the weapons. If they lose, the government will probably be annihilated and the people subject to rule from an extraterritorial or at least a countryman with strings attached to other foreign leadership.

This part I hope is true. Hopefully people will be living on other plantes by then.

In terms of military power competition between U.S and China, it seems to me that China has lower profile compared to U.S, which is showing their military power by interfering politics in foreign nations in the name of ‘Peacekeeper of the World’. I think such situation has to be balanced with the existence of another strong military power, like the theory of Ying and Yang

If the Japanese constitution were to be changed would it protect Japan or stop the potential shown in the clip? Not bloody likely. In fact, Japan rearming might just scare the hell out of the rest of the world and cause what can happen TO HAPPEN.

I guess the only downside to lacking a strong religious presence (in the classical sense of Abrahamic/Dharmic religions) is the ease of which pulled-out-of-the-ass cults can take root in the population.

So let’s forge an alliance with the guys we know will eventually move next to SpongeBob’s house, unless they convert to Kōfuku no Kagaku…
… Religion discredits itself better than any atheist ever could.

Not a bad idea, since pacifism is a broken and morally questionable ideology.