Japan sagt, dass der Versand von Schiffen in den Nahen Osten vor hohen Hürden steht

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Senior Japanese officials have expressed that any deployment of Japanese warships to the Middle East & Strait of Hormuz (where 90% of Japan’s oil imports pass through) would be a very challenging legal and political hurdle, with current polls showing low domestic support for the action.

President Trump said he hopes Tokyo will join and this will likely be a topic of discussion when Japan’s Prime Minister meets with him in Washington next week. Trump has also called on “China, France, South Korea, the UK, and others” to send warships to help keep the Strait open.

What?!?! The vassal state decides on its own to keep its ships close to home.

It was open just fine a few weeks ago. The only reason Thers problems now is cos the US bombed the shit out their country and killed their leader..

You break it, you fix it.

Dipshits…

And besides, dosnt the US have the biggest, bestest, superiorist, unbeatable army the world has ever seen in the whole universe, what the fuck you need our help for?

Former Japanese prime ministers have repeatedly used Article 9 of the Constitution as a shield to fend off requests from the United States since the Vietnam War. Most of them were forced to resign, apparently. I don’t know if Takaichi (AKA ‘jumping nap dog’) will be able to do the same. Because her motivation for becoming the PM is not to lead Japan, but just to be at the top.

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Any decision to dispatch Japanese military vessels to the Middle East to escort ships would face “high hurdles,” a senior official said, after President Donald Trump expressed hopes that Tokyo would join the US to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and safe.”

“While it is not legally ruled out, given the ongoing conflict, it is something that should be judged carefully,” ruling Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi told public broadcaster NHK on Sunday.

Kobayashi’s comments responding to Trump came days ahead of a planned visit to Washington by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Japan’s plans to reaffirm its alliance with the US and discuss trade and investment deals at a March 19 summit had already been overshadowed by the war in Iran.

Read more: Trump Calls for Countries to Send Warships to Reopen Hormuz

Japan is heavily reliant on oil from the Middle East to power its economy. Yet the country, which has maintained a pacifist constitution for eight decades, hasn’t taken a clear stance on the Iran war. Polls show the conflict is opposed by a large majority of its electorate.

On Wednesday, Takaichi announced that Japan would release 80 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves ahead of an agreement by the International Energy Agency to release a record total of 400 million barrels from emergency oil reserves.

Asked about the issue in parliament last week, Takaichi said Tokyo has no plans to deploy minesweepers to help clear mines from around the strait, at least not until after the conclusion of the war between the US, Israel and Iran.

Given Trump’s propensity to change his message, Takaichi should use her personal ties with him to find out his true intentions, Kobayashi said on Sunday.

“We need to figure out what he really wants. This is the most important thing.”

if ever there was a time to let Trump stink in his own diarea this would the time. why in the world are countries even considering helping Trump steal Iranian oil and kill iranian children??

He called China for help. Let that sink in. How come ppl dont see how much shit he got himself into. Delusional. Its getting way clearer than ever as days go by.

In unrelated news: Japanese women around military bases breathe a sigh of relief.

It’ll never happen: Japanese authorities can only receive the order via fax.

Drop bomb make big hole. Call others to bring dirt to fill in big hole. Make another hole, wash and repeat. Holes are in their best interests. Make big money filling in holes. It may take many holes before you see a return.