Japan Ready To Become Formal Member of Five Eye's.

Some...unpopular observations.
- Is China our greatest threat or not? What's Japan's? "Enemy of my enemy" and all that.
- What vetting has taken place IRT to Japan as a whole? That's clearly not open source, but a topic to consider.
- With that said, what does our CI posture look like WRT Japan?
- Our security is trash at the moment, China has penetrated us in ways porn can never rival. Adding Japan harms us how?

I don't know if Japan is ready for FVEY, but maybe it is time to consider a new security group that encompasses nations who have more to lose than to gain by partnering w/ China.
 
I was under the impression that they would be a junior partner of sorts which would make sense until reliability can be proven (or not). Other countries have been mooted too but I don't know if that's actual work going on or just talk. India was one raised but I would be wary about dealing with India.
 
SpitfireV said:
I was under the impression that they would be a junior partner of sorts which would make sense until reliability can be proven (or not). Other countries have been mooted too but I don't know if that's actual work going on or just talk. India was one raised but I would be wary about dealing with India.
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Totally agree on India. At the same time, India is our best regional option to blunt the Chinese/ PK/ AFG relationship militarily and economically.
 
AWP said:
I don't know if Japan is ready for FVEY, but maybe it is time to consider a new security group that encompasses nations who have more to lose than to gain by partnering w/ China.
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I think the entire idea has an interesting ANGLE to it.

Edit: major fail on my part.:-x

I was referring to this part of the original link:

Sixth, Japan has plenty to offer to the Five Eyes. It is skilled in specialized intelligence gathering and sharing, particularly signals intelligence (SIGINT) obtained from radio stations and data shared electronically. Japan also has one of the world’s most vast intelligence-gathering frameworks, built in the post-war period to stay alert, keeping in view of its insignificant military presence. Its historical focus on China and North Korea—which have been further enhanced in recent times with the recognition of China and North Korea as Tokyo’s biggest security threats—only makes Japan’s bid stronger.
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In comparison to Pakistan & India, they are way far behind in that regard.
 
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Japan would be an awesome partner for an advanced intel sharing agreement. However I don’t think that they would be ready to accept all of the facility construction and system development that entails. I’d like to see what kind of diplomatic facilities they have throughout China, as those could provide plenty of opportunities.
 
Would be interesting... Not sure how I feel about Japan being in FVEY, but I do agree with AWP about making an alliance of countries focused on counter-China efforts, explicitly for the reason of sharing intelligence.

I'm not sure what Japan brings in the FVEY world when it comes to SIGINT. With Misawa and the MSOC there, it seems the US can serve its interests well. Unless Japan has incredible abilities to pull data from mainland China or other denied access regions, value there is low in my eyes.
 

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