Japan's Re-emergence as a 'Normal' Military Power

Abstract

INTRODUCTION 1. Japan's post-war security trajectory and policy system The Yoshida doctrine Japan's security policy-making system: leaning towards immobilism 2. Japan's shifting security trajectory and policy system Japan's security environment: global, regional, alliance and domestic crises Japan's new security policy debate: towards a 'normal' state? Japan's newly proactive policy-making system 3. Japan's national security policy and capabilities National Defence Programme Outline revision National emergency legislation Japan's military hardware: pursuing power projection capabilities Challenging post-war security taboos and constitutional restraints 4. Forging a strengthened US-Japan alliance Rescuing the alliance Revision of the Japan-US Guidelines for Defence Cooperation Okinawa, US bases and force realignments Ballistic Missile Defence 5. Japan, regional cooperation, multilateral security and the 'war on terror' Bilateral regional security dialogue Anti-piracy cooperation Multilateral security dialogue and exercises Japan and UN PKO Japan and the 'war on terror' in Afganistan and Iraq CONCLUSION Japan locks itself into the US-Japan alliance Japan and the regional security order: reinforcing US hegemony NOTES