Should Japan Be An Open War Between China And Japan?

As already proven in previous explanation, Japan’s military capability is way below China’s. Logically, Japan would shy away from any open war against China who is the third military strongest country in the world. However, there are two main deciding factors whether there would be an open war between China and Japan. Those are how strained China and Japan political relations over conflicts such as Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute and whether Japan’s Pacifist Constitution would be ratified or not.
The dispute concerning Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands has been the main source of animosity between China and Japan in the 21st century. The dispute becomes more pronounced after the founding of oil and natural gas well in the seabed of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in 1971 . Recently, the conflict even led to a water-cannon contact in September 2012 between Taiwan Coast Patrol Guard and Japan Coast Patrol Guard . However, after Japan’s bold move of buying three islands in the cluster in 2012, the
In this heated situation, hand in hand with Statism and Self-help, it is logical to opine that using only defensive weapons is not going to be enough. We can clearly see Japan’s change its stance when its military expenditure in fiscal year 2014 raised 2.2% after years of decrease. However, the changes cannot be done boldly in fear of inflicting strong reactions from international world, especially China. Therefore, Japanese government opted to reinterpret the Peace Clause Article 9, in its Pacifist Constitution, widely known as the “Peace Clause”, found in 1947 under US occupation. This clause forbids Japan to maintain any land, sea, air forces and another war potential . As the impact, the application of this clause forbids Japan to possess offensive weapons and involved in international activity where there is a potential for Japan to get involved in a war