In the late Edo period, Japan lacked economic and military strength and was forced into unequal treaties.
Recognizing reality, leaders adopted the policy of “Enrich the Nation, Strengthen the Military” to rebuild national power.
Today, despite strong economic and defense capabilities, Japan is criticized for losing its sense of realism, particularly in debates over security and constitutional revision.

However, our predecessors possessed the wisdom to face reality.
2018-01-06.
The following is a continuation of the previous chapter.
Sakurai.
After the war, Japan was instilled with an allergy toward the military through WGIP and the education system.
That is the root of the mistake, because a country without both economic power and military power cannot properly defend itself.
When Commodore Perry’s black ships arrived at the end of the Edo period, Japan had neither economic power nor military power.
Because it had been in isolation, it also lacked intelligence capabilities.
As a result, it was forced to conclude various unequal treaties with Western powers.
However, our predecessors possessed the wisdom to face reality.
Recognizing that both economic and military strength were necessary to protect the nation, they adopted “Enrich the Nation, Strengthen the Military” as national policy.
Today’s Japan possesses the world’s third-largest economy in terms of GDP, has the Self-Defense Forces, and has information capabilities.
Yet it has lost the ability to see reality.
Kent.
There are people who lose their calm judgment and fall into a complete halt of thinking the moment they hear about revising Article 9 of the Constitution.
This chapter continues.