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Everyone's getting a free stay at Alcatraz guys.
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Inshallah, our illustrious leader, the eternal torchbearer of Freedom™, the
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Donald J. Trump is preparing for himself a "retirement home" — staffed and secured at government expense — in the spirit of
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tygyg1111

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RoastGooseHKer said:
Why Japan? It is bunch of crowded islands with absolutely no natural resources. It is also the reason why Japan always wanted to invade continental Asia. However, it is exactly because Japan lacks resources that compels the Japanese nation to adopt an offensively realistic but very opportunistic maritime imperialist foreign policy. Tokyo also realises that it is not a top-notch power, so it has long tried to align with the strongest power in the world order (British Empire from Meiji era to right before WWII, and then the US after WWII) in order conquer other lesser powers (Korea, Qing, ROC, Russia, USSR, etc.). Japanese elites also realises that striking Pearl Harbour was a strategic mistake, but not invading the much weaker China.

In general, Japan is highly opportunistic and has long mastered realpolitik as a regional power.

Internally, Japanese ideology is actually extremely feudalistic to its core due to the population's continuing perception of the emperor and respect for paternalistic social order as the ultimate guarantor of the national identity/existence.

As with today and exemplified by the US-Japan alliance, they most effective way to keep Japan down is to preserve its independence (especially keeping its emperor) but coerce Japan through both institutional and power means to give up part of its sovereign defence and foreign policy.
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As long as Japan exists as an independent entity there exists the possibility of having a China in decline and an ascendant Japan . In this scenario, history would keep replaying itself as Japan seeks to overcome its inherent disadvantages by colonizing mainland Asia. Incorporation into China as 2-3 separate provinces forever ends that possibility. The Japanese islands also give a wide front of access into the Pacific, act as a forward base away from the higher value mainland coast (commercial shipping and manufacturing), and extend detection range.
 
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RoastGooseHKer said:
Why Japan? It is bunch of crowded islands with absolutely no natural resources. It is also the reason why Japan always wanted to invade continental Asia. However, it is exactly because Japan lacks resources that compels the Japanese nation to adopt an offensively realistic but very opportunistic maritime imperialist foreign policy. Tokyo also realises that it is not a top-notch power, so it has long tried to align with the strongest power in the world order (British Empire from Meiji era to right before WWII, and then the US after WWII) in order conquer other lesser powers (Korea, Qing, ROC, Russia, USSR, etc.). Japanese elites also realises that striking Pearl Harbour was a strategic mistake, but not invading the much weaker China.

In general, Japan is highly opportunistic and has long mastered realpolitik as a regional power.

Internally, Japanese ideology is actually extremely feudalistic to its core due to the population's continuing perception of the emperor and respect for paternalistic social order as the ultimate guarantor of the national identity/existence.

As with today and exemplified by the US-Japan alliance, they most effective way to keep Japan down is to preserve its independence (especially keeping its emperor) but coerce Japan through both institutional and power means to give up part of its sovereign defence and foreign policy.
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Steppe Nomads also live in a difficult to reach location. Didn't stop China solving that problem.

Its just a matter of technology really. So that should not stop China figuring out a way.

Korea and Vietnam can be put up with since they don't have some hardcore warrior culture that takes over everything. The same cannot be said of Japan.
 
Wrought

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tygyg1111 said:
Incorporation into China as 2-3 separate provinces forever ends that possibility.
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Countries can and do break up, with breakaway states hardly guaranteed to be friendly. Ukraine is a relevant example. Since you were talking about hypothetical decline, that's a possibility too. But the simple answer is that there is no way to be safe forever. In fact, many empires in history overextended themselves trying to eliminate all possible threats, and thereby brought about their own collapse.
 
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