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Japan’s Arms Export Shift: A Double-Edged Sword in the Indo-Pacific

Introduction Eighty years after the March 1945 bombing of Tokyo that killed around 100,000 people, Japan remains divided on whether to uphold its pacifist stance or play a more pro-active role in regional security. The most significant shift lies in...

March 28 , 2025

Tragic Departure of Abe: His Legacy Stays on Part – II

The assassination of Japan’s youngest and longest-serving Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, was not only a tremendous shock to Japan but to the rest of the world. This also serves a wake-up call for the Japanese government to review the security...

July 14 , 2022

Fresh Challenges for Kishida as Upper House Elections are held on 10 July

With less than a year in office, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida now confronts domestic political challenge when the country’s Upper House goes to the polls on 10 July in which his ruling coalition government expects to get a majority, which...

July 6 , 2022

Can Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution be ever Amended?

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...

May 25 , 2021