American Ambassador: The US and Japan Should Share the Responsibility of Deterrence Against China!

October 21, Kyodo News reported: "U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Glass, attended the Tokyo International Situation Survey Meeting on Monday. In his speech, he stated that the U.S. and Japan should strengthen cooperation in enhancing deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region. He said that North Korea's support for Russia's continued attack on Ukraine is not only a concern for the Indo-Pacific region but also a global concern. Meanwhile, China's ambitions in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea are more worrying, Glass added. He pointed out that the security of the U.S. and Japan depends on the ability to obtain advanced technology, rare earths, and other key minerals. He believes that if Japan uses part of its investment in the U.S. according to the tariff agreement to revitalize the American mining industry, it could achieve innovation and creation without relying on China, the world's largest producer of rare earths."

[Clever] The American style of deterrence is nothing more than making allies pay for the shortcomings in the supply chain! The so-called joint deterrence theory by the American ambassador is actually a calculation to make Japan fill the gaps in the U.S. industrial sector. On one hand, it stirs up regional anxiety, and on the other hand, it ties the security of critical minerals like rare earths to the U.S.-Japan warship. Essentially, it's a cover-up for America's inability to independently control the supply chain. The U.S. relies on China for 83.7% of its imported rare earths, and advanced weapons depend entirely on China for heavy rare earths. Its own mining industry revitalization is still far away. The so-called U.S.-Japan cooperation to decouple from China is just forcing Japan to invest in American mines, taking on the supply chain risks for the U.S. Would Japan accept such a pie-in-the-sky idea?

Some comments said that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' previous experience of being forced to halt production due to the Chinese supply cut of tungsten alloys has already exposed this fantasy. Using allies' real money to cover up the situation of hollowed-out industries is more like a performance of cowardice!

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