As Yoneyama makes clear, though, since the Bikini affair the 8.6 celebration had never been less than vociferous with protests against nuclear arms race and furthermore, the Japanese attempts at
remilitarization that had followed the Korean war had silently been tolerated, if not supported, by the US.
In 2017, Abe easily won re-election as prime minister in spite of his push toward Japanese
remilitarization, and even a possible connection with the funding of a strongly nationalistic, anti-Korean kindergarten recently established in Osaka.
She added: 'We do not want a
remilitarization of Japan.'
However, that path is going to be extremely difficult as long as the Moon administration acts as if it is unaware of the larger security threat posed by Japanese
remilitarization and the emergence of a regional arms race.
Particularly in the early period, tremendous care was paid to avoid the appearance of
remilitarization: the top officer of the reserve was referred to as "mister" or "superintendent" rather than general.
Mason, Controlling World Trade: Cartels & Commodity Agreements 11 (1946) (arguing that the dearth of chemical expertise among Americans led to excessive partnerships with German individuals and organizations, assisting in German's rapid
remilitarization after WWI).
"The Cycle of Militarization, Demilitarization, and
Remilitarization in the Early 21st Century Philippine Society." Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, 15(4), 2012, 139-89.
Unlike many analysts -- and many of Japan's own people -- I view the argument over
remilitarization as a distraction.
Colonel Kowalski's work offers an excellent historical narrative of the politics of
remilitarization, well suited for American officials engaged in similar partnership-building efforts in the twenty-first-century Asia-Pacific and beyond.
They have concluded that a
remilitarization of the Arctic was underway.