South Korea fight against whom?

South Korean government has been reinforcing its military power. They are building a Aegis ship named 李舜臣, a name of a commander who destroyed Japanese navy in 16th century. Because they think Japan will invade South Korea again. When Japanese hear this news, we all laugh about this. Because the possibility is ０％.



Japan is not a such aggressive country. We love peace. For instance, in fact, we can dispatch, in theory, SDF(Self-Defense-Force) to Takashima which is a island we protest territorial rights, occupied by Korean army. Because the occupying is obvious invading as long as we protest the right.



Our SDF can wipe out their navy within some ten minuts. Korean air force will fail to gain air supremacy. Then, why we don't dispatch SDF? The reason is that we weigh heavily in diplomatic negotiations. We don't want to injure valued clients, important neighbors, close friends.



If we look at invading South Korea from a practical point of view, we will learn such invading is absolutely no remunerative business. Because South Korea doesn't have oil resource, and the nation is a developing country in comparison with Japan.



If we occupy South Korea, we will have to do a pile of work. We have to establish pension system, have to eradicate corruption, have to update the legislation, have to promote gender equality, have to expand the welfare state. We have to do measure against unemployment because many Korean companies will become bankrupt through race with Japanese companies. Those are not invasion but voluntary activities.



In addition, we have to take forceful counterterrorism measures because some Koreans will become terrorists, have to face North Korea on the 38th parallel. Those things I said can be call benefit? We have to pay tremendous money though Japanese government is poor. Their reinforcing its military power is nonsense if they do think Japan will invade again.



Why Koreans think Japan will invade them again though there is no profits? Koreans should realize international sensibility. Even though current Japanese government's policy against South Korea was bad, Korean's is worse.



However, we shouldn't press the responsibility of misunderstanding on Korean civilians. State of cold war give birth to Korean military government, and all the government does was limited, was making racialism or nationalism country, was to shift blame to Japan. South Korea looks like imperial Japan. In fact, South Korea was established by military-men who graduated Japanese imperial military academy. However, They have opened their country recently. I hope their growth and Japanese prime minister Abe adress them well.



I think I have to say that I have some nice Korean friends. They are friendliness and reliable. I think many Koreans are nice. I have concerns about their government's military policy, anti-Japanese policy and biased News of popularism. And I don't think Korean politicians do think Japan will invade Korea. I think the reinforcing is, in fact, a measure against mainly North Korean missiles.



I took the photo at Shinkwa, Tokyo.



Kosei