The same condition would apply

The same condition would apply to his desire for ‘renegotiating’ the SOFA, as that would imply the redeployment of JSDF personnel overseas 80 years after the Imperial Japanese forces returned home. Needless to say, such a development would be negatively perceived not only in South Korea or China, but also by Pacific Island states, who suffered under Japanese rule during the Second World War. Sure-footed alliance management and diplomacy is thus needed to ensure that the new Prime Minister’s idiosyncratic worldview does not redound to Japan’s detriment ufabet