Japan to loosen restrictions on military.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

And before that, since, at the very least, the Yuan Dynasty, they were part of China. Again, it doesn't matter if 'they use to be' or 'they were', because Brittany used to be independent, and California used to belong to Mexico.



Tibet was an independent country during the 50's, yes, they were part of the Qing Empire before that. Manchuria was not an independent nation in the 40's, if we are talking about Manshū-koku, that was part of the Japanese Empire.

Independence movement also doesn't suddenly make a region legitimately a country. An European example would be the Basque independence movement or the Corsican independence movement.



They were once a colony of the Japanese, before they return to China.

A country can exist within a country, you know. The United Kingdom is a country comprised of 3-4 countries.

Only those countries are legally recognised as countries- many of your 'countries' barely even have 'semi-autonomy'.

[Oaledonia]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Iraq_Reconstruction_and_Support_Group

Let me restate that. They would have to engage in combat and not just support roles. You understand the difference between the two roles, right?

Don't get edgy because you didn't make yourself clear.

[Russian Socialist Soviet States]

We don't want the current emperor carrying on Hirohito's legacy.

[The Remnants of Kobol]

And what makes you think the US would get involved if China decided to go fight with Vietnam, Malaysia, or any other Southern Asian nation? You think the US would risk economic self destruction to go fight a proxy war for nations that aren't vital to its economy against a nation that is?

As for North Korea, they do have nukes. There are methods of deliver besides intercontinental ballistic missiles...

Would they want to risk the backlash from those actions?

What backlash? A harshly worded letter from the UN, a collective frown from the international community, and the US being forced to publicly condemn their actions while handshaking a new trade deal in the back room?

China is nuclear nation. They have nothing to fear militarily because no other nuclear nation would dare to attack them for fear of escalation. It's the only reason that Russia didn't turn into a glass reflecting pool during the Cold War.

[Threlizdun]

Unconstitutional and extremely unwise

[Oaledonia]

And what makes you think the US would get involved if China decided to go fight with Vietnam, Malaysia, or any other Southern Asian nation? You think the US would risk economic self destruction to go fight a proxy war for nations that aren't vital to its economy against a nation that is?

As for North Korea, they do have nukes. There are methods of deliver besides intercontinental ballistic missiles...

The DPRK's missile systems are more than sufficient to strike Japan, which is probably worrying to them.

Post losses.

[Cuprum]

I don't think the japanese want a war after the nukes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

Would they want to risk the backlash from those actions?

What backlash? A harshly worded letter from the UN, a collective frown from the international community, and the US being forced to publicly condemn their actions while handshaking a new trade deal in the back room?

China is nuclear nation. They have nothing to fear militarily because no other nuclear nation would dare to attack them for fear of escalation. It's the only reason that Russia didn't turn into a glass reflecting pool during the Cold War.

People all around the world organising a boycott of Chinese product to protest their illegal actions, decisive international action on behalf of those nations.

[Mefpan]

I for one welcome our benevolent animu overlords.

Oh, and anything that subtly ticks off the People's Republic of China or the supposedly Best Korea without causing either of them to explode.

[Oaledonia]

Unconstitutional and extremely unwise

Japan isn't rebuilding an empire as China wants you to believe, get over it.

[Gigaverse]

We don't want the current emperor carrying on Hirohito's legacy.

And he won't.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

Unconstitutional and extremely unwise

Japan isn't rebuilding an empire as China wants you to believe, get over it.

Japan will probably not act on all that revanchist spiel they like to play on the street, most people probably won't take it seriously, but it will end up pissing of nearly everyone in East Asia.

[The Serbian Empire]

It's like Imperial Japan back in the early 1900s thru about 1941. Now we just replace the land stealer as China.

And Diaoyu Island is like Manchuria, only without anybody living there, and amongst worthless in itself but for a few, meagre resources. Oh, and the Chinese landed troops and unlawfully occupied it whilst installing a puppet government and torturing the nonexistant inhabitants.

It's bound to be trouble within the next 30 years.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

We don't want the current emperor carrying on Hirohito's legacy.

And he won't.

He'll just rename his Era name "Showa the Second".

[Norstal]

Unconstitutional and extremely unwise

Japan isn't rebuilding an empire as China wants you to believe, get over it.

He didn't said Japan is rebuilding an empire. Don't get edgy and make assumptions over other people's posts.

[The Serbian Empire]

We don't want the current emperor carrying on Hirohito's legacy.

And he won't.

It's China's Communist Party channeling their Hirohito with expansionism.

[The Remnants of Kobol]

The DPRK's missile systems are more than sufficient to strike Japan, which is probably worrying to them.

Post losses.

Which is why I said there are other ways to deliver warheads. If the DPRK really wanted to nuke someone, they'd probably put their nuke on a ship and sail it into a harbour.

[Mefpan]

Unconstitutional and extremely unwise

Japan isn't rebuilding an empire as China wants you to believe, get over it.

The People's Republic of China needs to make a fuss about this or they run risk of losing enough prestige to lose the Mandate of Heaven modifier that gives them -10 Revolt Risk and assorted bonuses in all their provinces. Hell, the prestige requirements are even tighter considering the Republic of China exists, putting itsy bitsy tiny scratches on its legitimacy as a state.

Post losses.

Which is why I said there are other ways to deliver warheads. If the DPRK really wanted to nuke someone, they'd probably put their nuke on a ship and sail it into a harbour.

I'd be surprised if North Korea had any seaworthy vessels that stay seaworthy long enough for them to reach the shores of Japan.

[Gigaverse]

And he won't.

He'll just rename his Era name "Showa the Second".

Nope. No. Not in several million years.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

Japan isn't rebuilding an empire as China wants you to believe, get over it.

The People's Republic of China needs to make a fuss about this or they run risk of losing enough prestige to lose the Mandate of Heaven modifier that gives them -10 Revolt Risk and assorted bonuses in all their provinces. Hell, the prestige requirements are even tighter considering the Republic of China exists, putting itsy bitsy tiny scratches on its legitimacy as a state.

What kind of image of China do you have? Because no one has used the whole Mandate of Heaven thing since 1911.

[Norstal]

I for one welcome our benevolent animu overlords.

Oh, and anything that subtly ticks off the People's Republic of China or the supposedly Best Korea without causing either of them to explode.

This might tick off South Korea although, if they pushed this reinterpretation to make defensive pacts with SK possible, it wouldn't tick off too much people.

[Threlizdun]

Unconstitutional and extremely unwise

Japan isn't rebuilding an empire as China wants you to believe, get over it.

I never said it was. It does however make it more open to military action, and as China said, it casts doubts on their preparedness to resolve their conflict with the Chinese through peaceful diplomacy.

[Oaledonia]

Post losses.

Which is why I said there are other ways to deliver warheads. If the DPRK really wanted to nuke someone, they'd probably put their nuke on a ship and sail it into a harbour.

> Implying Japan wouldn't find the ship first

Japan isn't rebuilding an empire as China wants you to believe, get over it.

He didn't said Japan is rebuilding an empire. Don't get edgy and make assumptions over other people's posts.

Still edgy over not making yourself clear, are we?

[Mefpan]

The People's Republic of China needs to make a fuss about this or they run risk of losing enough prestige to lose the Mandate of Heaven modifier that gives them -10 Revolt Risk and assorted bonuses in all their provinces. Hell, the prestige requirements are even tighter considering the Republic of China exists, putting itsy bitsy tiny scratches on its legitimacy as a state.

What kind of image of China do you have? Because no one has used the whole Mandate of Heaven thing since 1911.

It's a reference to a Paradox game. And I do make jokes about the People's Republic of China because I think they're a joke. A horrible, morbid joke that shouldn't be laughed at or even exist in the first place, but a joke nonetheless.

[Nationes Pii Redivivi]

He'll just rename his Era name "Showa the Second".

Nope. No. Not in several million years.

And the Third World War will break out in "Second Showa, year 5" and the world will become completely uninhabitable by what would be "Second Showa, year 14" if it weren't for the fact that everyone's dead.