近隣諸国との緊張

AP Thursday February 2, 2006



Oscar-nominated director warns of Japanese military resurgence

TOKYO: Japan's plans to change its pacifist constitution could rekindle historical animosities in Asia and lead to another war in the region, an Oscar-nominated director warns in a new documentary.

"Japan's Peace Constitution'' is a reminder of the mistrust that still runs deep in much of Asia over Tokyo's militaristic past, and the potential backlash against any resurgence of that militarism, American director John Junkerman said at a weekend screening in Tokyo.

"It's Article 9 that has calmed Asia's fears of Japan again becoming an aggressor,'' Junkerman said, referring to the section of the constitution - drafted by U.S. occupation forces and unchanged since 1947 - which bars the use of military force in settling international disputes.

"Taking away that assurance might spark an arms buildup among Japan's neighbors. Regional scuffles could erupt into wars,'' Junkerman said

　　オスカー候補監督が日本の再軍備化に対して警告しています。平和憲法９条はアジア諸国にいまだ根強い日本に対する不信感に対する歯止めであり、それがなくなれば、この地域の敵対感情を再燃することになる、とのことです。
　

the critics highlighted in Junkerman's film say that given the current tensions between Japan and its neighbors, deletion of the pacifist clause could be seen as an aggressive move, possibly spurring an arms race in Asia.

"If Japan's constitution collapses, it will push other countries to expand their militaries'' - especially the Koreas and China - says Han Hong-koo, a South Korean historian also interviewed in the film. Ban Zhongyi, a Chinese writer and documentary filmmaker, echoes the sentiment.

"It's a foolish and extremely dangerous thing to do,'' Ban says.

The documentary also slams the U.S. for encouraging its ally to take a more active role in international security.

"The Americans want the constitution revised, and they put that pressure on the Japanese from an early date,'' U.S. historian John Dower says in the film.

Still, Junkerman says he has hopes Japan's postwar pacifism is deep-rooted enough to ultimately resist a call to arms.

"I have a great hope the more people talk about this, the more they'll realize there's nothing to be gained by the remilitarization of Japan,'' Junkerman said.

"The pacifist constitution is a tremendously valuable asset.''

AP

　憲法が改正され軍備が強化されれば、近隣諸国も同様に軍備増強に走り戦争にもなりかねない、と中国の歴史家まで口をそろえて警告しています。

　中国や韓国が日本の憲法改正しないことを望み、また平和憲法を高く評価しているなら、自国の憲法を日本と同様な平和憲法に改正してみてはどうでしょうか？そうすれば日本の憲法改正勢力はかなり弱まると思います。それをしないで自国の大戦以後の戦争への介入を省みず、日本の大戦での侵略を非難し、自国の軍備力を増強しているのでは全く説得力があるとはいえません。

　同日の付けの共同で、以下のような中国の記事が掲載されています。

Thursday February 2, 9:16 AM
FOCUS: China suspected of providing missile technology to N. Korea

Since the 1980s, China has joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), and has also joined the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), formally taking part in the international framework for preventing nuclear proliferation.

But China is still a source of technology for weapons of mass destruction. Chinese enterprises are entering the lucrative and dangerous business and are involved in exports of materials related to such weapons to Iran and other countries.

Sanctions were imposed by the George W. Bush administration on such Chinese enterprises in 14 cases by the end of 2004.

To Iran, China has sold a design drawing for a uranium ore-conversion facility and the antisubmarine cruise missile C-802.

To North Korea, China is suspected to have supplied missile technology, and machines and parts needed for nuclear development.

U.S. intelligence authorities are paying keen attention to the visit to North Korea by Xiong Guangkai, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, in early August, 1998, immediately before North Korea's surprising launch on August 31 of its three-stage, medium-rangeTaepodong-1 missile.

The U.S. National Security Agency reportedly suspected in late 1998 that the China Academy of Launch Technology was working with North Korea on its space program to develop missiles.

And it obtained information that Chinese enterprises have cooperated "directly or indirectly" with North Korea in the field of its nuclear weapons programs and is investigating whether China was involved in the development of the Taepodong missiles.Kyodo News

中国が核を世界にばらまいているようなのです。
掲載していない、記事の前段では、パキスタンへの核開発に中国が協力したとされています。
核非拡散条約を締結後も北朝鮮に各開発に必要な技術、部品などを提供していると言われています
また、テポドンの開発に対しても関与があったのではないか、と言われているようです。

憲法が改正されれば緊張がより高まるというよりも、このような緊張を高める行為が９条改正への原動力になっていくのかもしれません。