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Japan upgrades its Defence and Security Posture

Introduction

In a dramatic departure to Japan’s exclusively defensive posture embodied in the pacifist post-War Constitution of Japan, the Fumio Kishida administration effectively abandoned on 16 December 2022 when it passed ammendments....

January 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , National Security Strategy , Taiwan Strait , opinion polls , regional peace and stability , Increased defence spending , missile firings , security burden sharing , NISA , peace clause

Can Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution be ever Amended?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The worsening security environment in the Northeast Asian region triggered by China’s brazen aggressive and threatening foreign policy posture and North Korea’s nuclear and continuous missile firings has led to a debate in Japan if its pacifist p....

May 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Security Environment , Constitution , Abe Shinzo , LDP , Article 9 , Article 96 , Diet , Amendment , regional tensions , shadow of the past , opinion polls , CDP , Komeito , ‘American imposition’ , Suga Yoshihide