Why Doesn't Japan Have An Army?
You might be surprised after reading this question. But yes it’s true that Japan doesn’t have an operational forced army. In this article we are going to tell you the primary reason & the story behind this. This short article will answer - why doesn't Japan have an army? After World War II On September 2, 1945, the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, signed the surrender of the Japanese country, given the inability of its army to face the counterattack of the Allied countries at the end of World War II. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August of the same year, had annulled any possibility of continuing to resist after four years of war. A Pacifist Constitution With this document, the United States , through its War Department, «forced» the Asian country to acquire a pacifist constitution; that is, Japan promised never again to have an Army, declare war or apply an offensive policy. WO Masanobu Murawaki, Sg...