Chapter 522: Juyoung Hong (49)
Prime Minister Abezo also recalled his grandfather's will.
[Never give up on Korea. Even if you cede everything to the Allied Forces, you should keep Korea. That's how Japan lives. Korea and Japan are like oil and vinegar. As Japan grows, Korea declines. Conversely, when Korea grows, Japan declines. In other words, we must keep Korea at bay, monitor them, and suppress them to hold back their economic growth. Over time, we must completely assimilate it into Japan. That is how Japan can survive.]
In the end, Japan had no choice but to give up Korea as a result of their defeat.
Since then, Prime Minister Abe has never forgotten his grandfather's will.
In fact, when Korea was devastated because of the Korean War, Japan experienced rapid economic growth. Later when Korea showed big economic growth, Japan's economy slid into recession.
So Prime Minister Abezo made it his top priority to revise the current Peace Constitution that stipulated that Japan should neither wage war nor possess an army.
Clearly, Korea was still among the highest war-risk countries. Japan would be forced to intervene if something like a war or a major conflict between the two parts of Korea broke out. Actually, that would be an opportunity for Japan to annex Korea like they did in the early 20th century.
'But I… I was too narrow-minded because my opponent is Korea!'
He was not unaware of the outside criticism that he was so submissive to the United States like a dog wagging its tail to his master. Even though he knew it, he kept wagging his tail to America because he wanted to make America side with Japan if it was forced to choose between them and Korea.
