Japan is allowed to have a military, but it is extremely limited in almost every aspect. Constitutionally, they cannot undertake an arms race and stockpile any form of “war potential”, they cannot use their military for ANY sort of offensive capacity, and until very recently Japanese officers could not legally order their units to open fire or cease fire, those commands had to be given by an American, UN, or NATO attaché. There are many more clauses and regulations that essentially make the JSDF forces a token national guard. Unless Japanese nationalists succeed in their remilitarization campaigns.
Japan is allowed to have a military, but it is extremely limited in almost every aspect. Constitutionally, they cannot undertake an arms race and stockpile any form of “war potential”, they cannot use their military for ANY sort of offensive capacity, and until very recently Japanese officers could not legally order their units to open fire or cease fire, those commands had to be given by an American, UN, or NATO attaché. There are many more clauses and regulations that essentially make the JSDF forces a token national guard. Unless Japanese nationalists succeed in their remilitarization campaigns.