Tokyo, 2nd of december 2015, It was early in the morning as the Japanese cabinet gathered fort he discussion on the Japanese security strategy and defense budget for 2016. The government of Shinzo Abe had already increased defense expendature and was looking for ways to increase Japanese influence on world politics. Mainly by looking for ways to bypass Japan’s pacifist constitution. Many topics would be discussed this morning before the final plans would be presented tot the Diet, Japans parlement. The chiefs of staff of the Japanese self-defense forces also attended the meeting. As Shinzo Abe entered the luxuous meeting room, all attendees raised from their seats to bow as a sign of greeting and respect for the Prime Minister. As Shinzo Abe opened the meeting, Fumio, Kishida, minister of foreign affairs was the first cabinet member to take the word. “Prime Minister, members of the cabinet. In the present world the largest treat to our security comes from the People’s Republic of China. Her economic growth of the past two decades have lead to an ever increasing defense budget that is now used to advance their claims on territories that do not belong the the communist state. China’s aggressive persuasion of claims in the South China Sea has not gone unnoticed by many Asian countries. Many nations have falen victim to Chinese transgression of their exclusive economic zone and violations of their airspace. These hostile actions As minister of foreign Affairs I strongly plea that Japan will take a front role in creating a united Asian-Pacific front against Chinese aggression in the region. I strongly believe we can overcome our mutual security treats by multilateral cooperation between democratic nations in the region.” Most of the cabinet nodded in agreement. Nobody was against closer cooperation with international partners. However the minister of defense and the chiefs of staff started to whisper with eachother. For a moment it was silent until Gen Nakataki, minister of defense took the word. “Multilateral cooperation is an exelent idea but we should not neglect our own Self-Defense forces and rely on other powers for security. If we want to take leadership in such endeavor, we must be willing to invest in our own security forces. Prior to this meeting, the join Chiefs of Staff have sended all cabinent members a multi-year plan for increasing the size and assets of the Japanese Self-Defense forces. Please consider assigning the additional funds as requested in Plan-J” The discussion on the different aspects of the Japanese security policies went on till well beyond midnight. The following policies would bes end tot the Diet: 1. Japan will host the Asian Security Summit in Januari 2016. The goal of this summit is to create a defensive pact against aggression of autocratic states. Furthermore cooperation between the potential member states should be promoted by hosting a series of military excercises. The invited nations will initially be The United States of America, Australia, South-Korea and The Philippines. 2. The Japanese government will addopt Plan-J in modified form. Plan-J will focus on increasing the capabilities of the Japanese Maritime Self-defense Force, Japanese Air Self-Defense force and the formartion of the Japanese Marine Self-defense Force. Plan-J: Phase 1. a. Japan defense budget for 2016 will rise from 47.7 to 54 billion dollar. b. The budget increase will be used to strengthen the Maritime Self-Defense Force, strenghten the Air Self-Defense Force and continue to develop the Marine Self-Defense Forces. [hider=To President Obama – United States of America ] Dear President Obama, The Japanese government has been keeping close relations with the United States since the end of the second world war. We greatly value our joint security treaties and military coorperation. However tensions are rising in Asia and especially the East China Sea. Autocratic nations are trying to claim souvereininty over territories and sea lanes which greatly endanger the free shipping through international waters. The Japanese government is greatly concerned by the buildup of military assets in the region by dictatorial regimes and believes it is time to intensify the military cooperation with both the US and local partner nations. The Japanese government wishes to invite US officials to attend the Asian-Pacific Summit to discus show our nations can cooperate and support eachother dealing with the challenges of the 21st century. The current proposition of Japan Asian-Pacific Partnership for Peace (APPP) The Asian-Pacific Partnership for Peace is a defensive militairy pact between peace loving democratic nations. Its goal is to protect the independance and interests of its member nations and increase the joint military cooperation by holding multilateral excercises. Other nations invited are Australia, The Philippines and South-Korea Yours sincerely, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [/hider] [hider=To Hwang Kyo-Ahn – Prime minister of South Korea] Dear Prime minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn The Japanese government would like to invite your government to attend the Asian-Pacific Security Summit on Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese government would like to strenghten the bonds between the democratic nations in Asia and the pacific region and promotes multilateral cooperation to ensure long lasting peace in Asia. Japan proposes the following: Asian-Pacific Partnership for Peace (APPP) The Asian-Pacific Partnership for Peace is a defensive militairy pact between peace loving democratic nations. Its goal is to protect the independance and interests of its member nations and increase the joint military cooperation by holding multilateral excercises. Other nations invited are Australia, The Philippines and the US. Yours sincerely, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [/hider] [hider=My Hider] To Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia Dear Prime minister Turnbull The Japanese government would like to invite your government to attend the Asian-Pacific Security Summit on Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese government would like to strenghten the bonds between the democratic nations in Asia and the pacific region and promotes multilateral cooperation to ensure long lasting peace in Asia. Japan proposes the following: Asian-Pacific Partnership for Peace (APPP) The Asian-Pacific Partnership for Peace is a defensive militairy pact between peace loving democratic nations. Its goal is to protect the independance and interests of its member nations and increase the joint military cooperation by holding multilateral excercises. Other nations invited are the US, The Philippines and South-Korea Yours sincerely, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [/hider] [hider=To president Benigno Aquino III of The Philiphines] Dear President Aquino, The Japanese government would like to invite your government to attend the Asian-Pacific Security Summit on Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese government would like to strenghten the bonds between the democratic nations in Asia and the pacific region and promotes multilateral cooperation to ensure long lasting peace in Asia. Japan proposes the following: Asian-Pacific Partnership for Peace (APPP) The Asian-Pacific Partnership for Peace is a defensive militairy pact between peace loving democratic nations. Its goal is to protect the independance and interests of its member nations and increase the joint military cooperation by holding multilateral excercises. Other nations invited are the US, Australia and South-Korea Yours sincerely, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [/hider]