Japanese imperialism in the 21th century?

I know Japan was an imperialist-fascist regime before 1945, and that the main figures of Japanese government nowadays still reject/omit Japanese war crimes, and that far-right politics still has major influence in Japanese society and education.But, when it comes to actual interventionism and imperialism, how significant is Japan? Germany might have admitted their war crimes, but they still act in an imperialist way in relation to Greece and other peripheral European nations. The E.U itself has participated, directly and indirectly, in many interventions.Japan on the other hand… it has many American bases, but their military itself is not as significant. The main antagonistic relation they have in Asia is with the DPRK. They trade blows with all the rest of East Asia and Russia, but in the end they mostly just trade and invest. Yes, imperialism is marked with capital exports, and that they’ve participated in the coalition against Iraq (beside Mongolia and a whole bunch of weird ass countries), but it seems Japan is chill… too chill…That’s why I am asking for sources and literature on the subject. I would even suggest making a megathread on the subject.As for the historical revisionism as proof of imperialism, well, I know it is awful, but I would much rather prefer old geezers obsessing over their extinct Empire than hip & young Europeans and Americans “denouncing” their past while doing the same shit in the present. via /r/communism https://ift.tt/364UQsZ