On paper, Japan is a pacifist nation. It ranks 6th on the Global Peace Index, a list tabulated by peace activists at Vision of Humanity. Japan's constitution makes illegal a traditional standing army. But a recently published defense white paper shows the extent to which the country has one of the most well-equipped "invisible" armies in the world.
从名义上说,日本是和个平主义国家。根据人道视野组织(Vision of Humanity)编制的全球和平指数(Global Peace Index),日本在世界最和平国家中排名第6。根据日本宪法规定,拥有传统意义上的常备军是不合法的。但最新发布的国防白皮书显示,日本已经到了拥有世界上装备最精良的“隐形”军队之一的程度。
Japan's armed forces are euphemistically dubbed the "Self Defense Force" (SDF) -- officially it's an extension of the police.
日本的武装部队被委婉地称为“自卫队”(简称SDF),从官方来说它是警察的延伸。
But with the world's 6th best-equipped troops and a nearly $60 billion defense budget last year, the SDF is not composed of your average beat cops. "Japan enjoyed an isolationist status until now," says Narushige Michishita, a past adviser to Tokyo on defense and now director of the security and international program at Tokyo's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies. "It was very convenient; we didn't have to get involved in conflicts. But now the U.S. wants Japan to be more proactive," he says.
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