US & Japan

Fire of Liberty

To show you how much of a factor that freedom is to the formulation of great society one only has to look at Japan. Just think, some 60 years ago the Japanese were in a quest for global domination but were destroyed by free nations. Unlike other victors, the US used its transformative powers to bring Japan back into this World to be a leading figure in the democratic movement. Anyway, the Japanese have reaffirmed their devotion to freedom and strengthened its relationship by signing a new security pact, click here and here.

Japan has furthered its relationship with the US once more by the redrafting of the 1996 declaration of bilateral security yesterday. The most important aspect about the new pact is that Japan has agreed to aid the US in the defense of Taiwan if China tries to force reunification. According to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hatsuhisa Takashima, Japan would provide the much needed logistical support to the American forces. Such is a monumental development especially since Japan has remained neutral on Taiwan since 1949. The pact also focused on several other strategic objectives like destroying terrorism, the peaceful re-unification of the Koreas, and Russia.

Its great to see two great nations who were once foes some 60 years ago become even greater strategic partners. Freedom, it's a good thing.