Not long ago, the United States announced the formation of an AUKUS military alliance with the United Kingdom and Australia, and plans to provide nuclear submarine to Australia. In response, Indonesian and Malaysia held a foreign ministerial meeting to express their concerns together. At the same time, the Malaysian Foreign Minister also announced his visit to China and discussed solutions with China. In addition, the 10 ships of the Chinese and Russian Navy formed a joint fleet across the Tianjin-Glow Strait, while Japan took the opportunity to speculate and faced unprecedented challenges. Some even argued that Japan must develop nuclear weapon to ensure its own safety.
The country is easy to change and nature is difficult to change. As early as World War II , Japan had engaged in the research and development of nuclear weapons. In 1944, when Tojo Hideki resigned as prime minister, he also ordered a batch of uranium to be produced and atomic bomb and threw it into the Mariana Islands occupied by the US military to prevent the US military from using local airports to bomb the Japanese mainland. In 1945, Nazi Germany gave Japan uranium dioxide, but the German U-234 submarine, which was responsible for transportation, surrendered on the way, Japan's nuclear weapons development plan went bankrupt and was attacked by two American atomic bombs. After the end of World War II, the United States occupied Japan and helped it formulate the " Peace Constitution " to prevent the resurgence of militarism.
To be fair, the initial US occupation policy of Japan largely prevented the possibility of a comeback of Japanese militarism. However, in the late 1940s, the Chiang Kai-shek group supported by the United States lost the mainland, and was trapped in the Korean War dilemma, so the Americans began to relax their arms for Japan, and the right-wing forces in Japan reappeared on the political stage. At that time, Nobusuke Kishi expressed his desire to own nuclear power to the United States, but the Americans quickly forced them to step down in disgrace by manipulating domestic opposition forces in Japan. After Kishi Nobusuke's younger brother Sato ascended the throne of prime minister, he learned from his brother's lesson and declared the " nuclear-free three principles " in exchange for the United States' commitment to Japan's nuclear protection . But this promise has never been vague, so people in Japan have made remarks about nuclear possession from time to time.
In fact, the United States always treats Japan both with both win over and guard against it. However, as the economic strength declines, the United States continues to demand that Japan invest more funds and assume more military obligations. Former US President Trump has publicly threatened that Japan can have nuclear weapons and give it the power to directly confront China and Russia. But compared to Trump, Biden seems to know Japan better. Because for some militarist countries, once they have nuclear weapons, they will be difficult to restrict their wars. Therefore, even as the game between major powers continues to heat up, the Biden administration would rather provide nuclear submarines to Australia than let its former "mortal enemy" Japan possess nuclear power.
What is more interesting is that Australia originally occupied a continent and did not have any geopolitical conflicts with any country, and it has extremely rich natural resources. According to normal thinking, they can live a "paradise" life. But Australia never thinks so. Since the day of its founding, wars of all sizes around the world have not fallen. In the war, no matter who fights or whom it is, the fight is profit. However, the war was fought, and Australia also paid the price of hundreds of thousands of casualties, but in the end, no actual benefits were obtained. Of course, there are still superficial benefits, that is, they have enhanced their relationship with the United Kingdom and the United States. In fact, even if we don’t participate in those wars, Australia can still do whatever we want to do business with, and friends can do whatever we want to do. After all, there is really a "mine" in the family. Originally, Australia could have become a overlord, but it was a disease that would not be anyone else's younger brother. Therefore, the United States also trusts Australia more and agrees to provide nuclear submarines to it.
For Japan, the United States agreed to provide nuclear submarines to Australia, which is obviously favorable to the other. Especially after the Chinese and Russian warship crossed the Jinqing Sea, the United States did not make any statement, which made Japan very embarrassed.On October 19, Japanese Prime Minister Kisha Fumio angrily shouted that he would take the initiative and develop his ability to strike against enemy bases. Fumio Kishida's words have both an unmistakable threatening meaning and also vent their dissatisfaction with the Biden administration. The reason is simple. Biden not only divided his allies into different levels, but also ranked Japan below Australia. This did not meet Tokyo's psychological expectations, but also disappointed Fumio Kishida!
