It's never just a simple land purchase. The Chinese Communist Party can declare an emergency and requisition property owned overseas by Chinese citizens.
The more the US Marines and Japan Self-Defense Force are a "single force," the more effective they'll be in a fight and the more they will...
The new National Security Strategy will likely determine Japan's national security trajectory for at least the next ten years. This is what you need to know.
The National Diet should not confine the discussion to sources of funding for expanded defense outlays, but include how to elevate Japan's deterrence power.
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While affirmation of the Japan-US alliance is welcome, more tasks remain as China, North Korea and Russia work relentlessly to bolster their nuclear forces.
Finally, the ruling coalition recognizes that, with neighboring countries threatening Japan, acquiring counterstrike capability has long been overdue.
Japan and its partners can only meet the accelerating significant challenges to a rules-based order posed by North Korea and China by strengthening deterrence.
The expert panel's focus on Japan's defense buildup is called for, but what Japan really needs is an overhaul of its security and foreign policy posturing.
Surrounded by dictatorships possessing nuclear weapons, Japan contends with inward-looking legislators and a finance ministry that restrains defense spending.
As global tensions rise, Japan considers long-range missiles to boost defense capability to discourage enemy attacks and protect its citizens' lives.
Absent a joint capability the Japan Self-Defense Force isn't even the sum of its parts. With it, the JSDF becomes far more capable of defending Japan.