Cold War Pros And Cons

Under American military occupation, the American government sought to demilitarize and reform its militaristic government. The American occupation was premised on the notion that the democratization of the defeated nation in a way like the American constitution is the best bet in making the world forever safe from renewed Japanese aggression. The Japanese were tasked with drafting a constitution on their own, but the American occupier found their version to be not sufficiently progressive. Thus, the modern Japanese constitution was written by American staff and presented to the Japanese government for enactment. They had no choice but to carry out the order of its occupier. The occupation authority, headed by the Supreme Commander of the Allied

For students in government, history, or international relations classes, Article Nine offers a great subject for debate regarding Japan’s constitutional crisis. Should Japan reestablish its military prowess under this new climate of global terrorism? Article Nine supposedly banned Japan from even having a military, but as the world during the Cold War (1947-1991) became increasingly threatening, Japan established the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) on 1954 under guise that it is a militarized police force. The Japanese government interpreted Article Nine as that it disallowed Japan from having a military capable of waging external aggression, not self-defense. The threat of the spread of communism in Asia was getting real, since its close neighboring country Korea was brutally affected by the spread of communism. The Korean War (1950-1953) encouraged the Americans to allow Japan to build a self-defense force, so they can become America’s strongest ally in Asia to provide a buffer against the spread of communism. The American called this the “Containment Policy”. They feared the spread of communism in a domino-like effect: if one country in the region succumbs to communism, then its neighbors will