The best term used to describe japan during this period is anti militaris. It has armed forces, but they are not terribly sophisticated. They have equipment, of course, lots of it bought from the united states. But yet the different survaces are disjoint. The military has very little interaction with political leadership.
The assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe may have given his agenda to militarize Japan new life. Abe biographer Tobias Harris explains.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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