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While the Philippines is making small moves on the Chinese side, the Japanese side seems to be unable to hold back. According to official Philippine sources, Japan seems to have decided to join hands with the Philippines to advance and retreat together to build a "sister force" against China.
Anyone with a discerning eye understands that this move is nothing more than a move aimed at China. But many things are on the bright side, and everyone is very tacitly silent about things behind the scenes. This time, however, Japan has made a very unusual decision to publicly state its intentions regarding this cooperation.
Japan claims that its move is aimed at containing China's navy, and that the way to do so is for the two countries to work together in the hope of posing a greater threat to China. All this shows that Japan and the Philippines are plotting on the South China Sea issue.
However, it is still unknown how powerful the "sister forces" of Japan and the Philippines will be. Some experts say that the interface between the two countries may be a problem just because of the compatibility of various weapons and ships, let alone cooperation in other areas.
However, while the cooperation between Japan and the Philippines may seem to have little impact, one thing is worth noting. That is, when Japan publicly declares that this move is aimed at China, perhaps other countries that are also trying to do something about China will also waver.
At that time, it may be possible that those countries that have not been very friendly to China will join the ranks and become a small group that is extremely powerful and difficult to deal with. If more countries were involved in this farce, things would change.
Fortunately, all we see so far is Japan cooperating with the Philippines, and things are not getting worse. But that's all there is to it, and China has not chosen to sit still. There is information from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces that Chinese warships passed by during this time.
In order to illustrate this situation in more detail, Japan even painted a clear picture of how the Chinese warship passed through. It passes through the Miyako Strait, then through the Tsugaru Strait, and finally enters the western Pacific Ocean from the Soya Strait.
It can be said that these Chinese warships were almost interspersed with the Japanese archipelago. Interestingly, this form of interspersing did not violate any of the rules, although the Japanese side said that if they were lucky, the Japanese people would be able to see the fleet directly.
At such a close distance, China swaggered over, but the Japanese were helpless. Speaking of which, all of this is a cocoon by the Japanese. This kind of interspersing of the Japanese archipelago is not the first time it has happened, and in 2021, Russia also came along.
The reason lies in the love-hate relationship between Japan and the United States. As everyone knows, it was Japan that dropped the atomic bomb on the United States, and it is Japan that is getting closer to the United States today. There seems to be a bond between Japan and the United States that is different from that of other countries.
One of the secrets is that after the atomic bombing, the United States chose to help Japan rebuild, promising to give Japan a certain degree of protection. There are other things like financial help that have won the goodwill of Japan.
However, as a result, Japan has gradually developed a big problem, that is, after receiving help from the United States, its economic dependence on the United States has also increased. The relationship between the two countries is also deepening under these circumstances.
Although the relationship between the two countries cannot be explained simply in this aspect, this series of events did bring the two countries closer to a certain extent, and it is also related to the fact that China is now so close to Japan.
In fact, due to Japan's unique geographical location, it can be said that the sea is extremely important to Japan, and in addition to providing them with the food they need for their daily lives, the ocean is now a giant natural garbage can for Japan's nuclear wastewater.
The Osumi Strait is arguably one of the most important straits in Japan, connecting the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. If Japan wanted to, no one would have been able to pass through here, but Japan didn't do that.
Japan has set the extent of its territorial waters to only 3 nautical miles, so that the fleets of other countries can swagger past these places, and Japan looks angry, but there is nothing they can do.
The reason is that in the past, in order to allow American ships to come and go freely, Japan specially set up the name of what it is today. But what everyone didn't expect was that this road, which only the United States dared to take back then, is now openly walking around.
So far, Japan has put itself in an embarrassing position. But it is more likely that Japan simply did not expect China to be so bold as it is now.
However, after China's face-to-face opening up this time, whether it is the so-called "sister forces" or the attitude towards China, Japan should think carefully.
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