U.S. media POLITICO reported today: Germany hopes to reach a new defense agreement with Japan, so that the two countries' armed forces can conduct operations more easily on each other's territories. During talks in Japan, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius proposed a "reciprocal access agreement." The agreement will simplify the legal and administrative procedures for joint training, exercises, and deployments.
Comment: This is a major breakthrough in the military relations between Germany and Japan after World War II, and also a key step for NATO to extend to the Asia-Pacific region and Japan's "military normalization," which poses obvious risks to regional security. As defeated countries in World War II, Germany and Japan are deepening their military coordination by bypassing the international order, violating post-war arrangements, and this deserves high vigilance from neighboring countries.
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