Japan's remilitarisation

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Title:

Japan's remilitarisation

Author:

Hughes, Christopher W.

ISBN:

9780415556927

Personal Author:

Hughes, Christopher W.

Publication Information:

Oxon, U.K. ; New York : Routledge for International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2009.

Physical Description:

186 p. : ill., charts ; 24 cm.

Series:

Adelphi ; 403

Adelphi (Series) (International Institute for Strategic Studies); 403.

Contents:

The trajectory of Japan's remilitarisation -- Japan's military doctrine, expenditure and power projection -- The transformation of civilian control -- Japan's military-industrial complex -- Japan's external military commitments -- The erosion of Japan's anti-militaristic principles -- Conclusion.

Abstract:

Is Japan on a path towards assuming a greater military role internationally, or has the recent military normalisation ground to a halt since the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi? In this book, Christopher W. Hughes assesses developments in defence expenditure, civil-military relations, domestic and international military-industrial complexes, Japan's procurement of regional and global power-projection capabilities, the expansion of US-Japan cooperation, and attitudes towards nuclear weapons, constitutional revision and the use of military force. In all of these areas, dynamic and long-term changes outweigh Japan's short-term political logjam over security policy. Hughes argues that many post-war constraints on Japan's military role are still eroding, and that Tokyo is moving towards a more assertive military role and strengthened US-Japan cooperation. Japan's remilitarisation will boost its international security role and the dominance of the US-Japan alliance in regional and global security affairs, but will need to be carefully managed if it is not to become a source of destabilising tensions.

Subject Term:

Military readiness.

Geographic Term:

Japan -- Armed Forces.

Japan -- Armed Forces -- Operational readiness.

Japan -- Military policy.

Japan -- Defenses.

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In all of these areas, dynamic and long-term changes outweigh Japan's short-term political logjam over security policy. Hughes argues that many post-war constraints on Japan's military role are still eroding, and that Tokyo is moving towards a more assertive military role and strengthened US-Japan cooperation. Japan's remilitarisation will boost its international security role and the dominance of the US-Japan alliance in regional and global security affairs, but will need to be carefully managed if it is not to become a source of destabilising tensions.