[net-gold] DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES : COUNTRIES: JAPAN: Japan's Military Steps Up to Provide Services During Crisis
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- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 10:08:45 -0400 (EDT)
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DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES :
COUNTRIES: JAPAN:
Japan's Military Steps Up to Provide Services During Crisis
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Japan's Military Steps Up to Provide Services During Crisis
By Chico Harlan
Saturday, April 2, 9:58 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/japans-military-steps-
up-to-provide-services-during-crisis/2011/04/01/AF3epTRC_story.html
A shorter URL for the above link:
http://tinyurl.com/3pfmrhl
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RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan More than three weeks after a 43-foot-high tsunami
wave flattened this town, basic supplies now arrive under the canvas cover
of fuming military trucks, property of the 9th Division of Japans Ground
Self-Defense Forces.
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The military vehicles bring fuel from the western side of Japan. They
import water in 5,000-liter drums. Soldiers hauled in a camo-colored
industrial-size rice cooker. At one evacuation center, they erected a set
of tent-covered baths, where survivors could wash away days of built-up
dirt. It became the only working shower in town, and for evacuee Ryoko
Ohtsubo, who is still missing seven relatives, it lent a daily reprieve
that she called "dramatically" life-changing - one indulgence in a place
where there had been none.
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A pair of natural disasters and an ensuing nuclear crisis turned Japan
into a country of unfulfillable needs, but the incidents also created an
opportunity for this pacifist nation to rely on its military at a level
unseen since World War II.
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With local governments fractured and the Tokyo Electric Power Co.
ill-equipped for a large-scale disaster, Japan's Self-Defense Forces have
emerged as the backbone of this country's crisis management. And they have
drawn praise from defense experts for their competence as they deliver
aid, search for bodies in rubble and perform among the most dangerous
tasks at the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
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The SDF's precision in this crisis has eroded some of the deep domestic
cynicism about the role of - and even the need for - a military that
fights only when under attack. Japan is one of the world's most
antimilitarist countries, a legacy of its post-war sensibilities.
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Although the SDF performance in crisis management will not transform
Japan's pacifist constitution, it could lead to broader public support for
defense spending - particularly as the country faces growing threats from
China and North Korea. It could also boost pro-military feelings among
younger generations, who have been fed three weeks of media images
featuring helmeted men in green.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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