To arms; Japan.(Japan's security policy)

The Economist (US);  July 26, 2003 ;     621 words ...Japan is starting to take its...seriously. High time too JAPAN'S constitution forbids it...air self-defence forces . Japan does not have tanks--those...fighters that carry bombs. Japan is the second-largest contributor...a permanent seat on the Security Council if it is ever reformed...strange ...

Stirring samurai, disapproving dragon: Japan's growing security activity...

Asian Affairs: An American Review;  June 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......strategic thinkers now see Japan as a declining power because...superiority will force Japan to accommodate Beijing, ensuring smooth Sino-Japan relations. (3) Nevertheless...future. New Assertiveness in Japan's Foreign and Defense Policies For decades, Japanese security policy has ...

Chinese paper says Japan taking on offensive road

Xinhua News Agency;  October 26, 2004 ;     371 words ......Xinhua) -- Japan has been...changing its security policy from the...demonstrated its security-policy goals, said...spirit of Japan's pacifist...changes of Japan's security policy, such as arms exports. "Japan's participation...

Now listen here; Japan's foreign policy in the coming years will be shaped...

Look Japan;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...JAPAN's foreign and security policy faces many challenges against...The intuitive reaction of Japan's policymakers has been to...to conduct its foreign and security policy unilaterally in ,a multilateral...bilateral framework. Although Japan may be fortunate in that the...

No home where the dugong roam; Japan and America.(Japan, America and Asian...

The Economist (US);  October 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ......The future of America's security policy in the region pivots on...Though the arrival at Japan's shores in 1854 of Commodore...Loo-Choo, which now makes up Japan's Okinawa prefecture...American: this southernmost of Japan's prefectures is home to...Ginowan. Both America and Japan are ...

Hawks in a dovecote; Japan's security.(nuclear testing )

The Economist (US);  November 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......not fundamentally changed Japan's calculations about its safety...arguments for a more muscular security policy. Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo...more normal (read assertive ) Japan, has, thanks to Mr Kim, a...the taboos that constrain Japan's Self-Defence Forces--please...

Japan's post-Cold War security policy: bringing back the normal state.

Contemporary Southeast Asia;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......political dimension in Japan's security policy. The key event that led...new external threats, Japan adjusted its security policy to allow for greater participation...significant changes in Japan's security policy. The following changes...

Japan's Security Agenda: Military, Economic & Environmental...

Pacific Affairs;  September 22, 2004 ;     584 words ......changes in Japanese security policy and describes how Japan has used a comprehensive...provide an alternative security policy template for Japan. The defining aspect...timely review of Japan's evolving security policy that offers a worthy...

Japan beefs up its defense stance; With an eye to North Korea and China,...

The Christian Science Monitor;  December 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Science Monitor TOKYO -- Japan's Cabinet is set to approve...opens the possibility of Japan relaxing its ban on arms...mark another step away from Japan's exclusively defense-oriented security policy of the past. The change...increased militarization in Japan's neighborhood, the ...

Japan's Security Policy and the ASEAN Regional Forum: The Search for...

Pacific Affairs;  June 22, 2007 ;     640 words ...JAPAN'S SECURITY POLICY AND THE ASEAN REGIONAL...charts the evolution of Japan's security policy in the post-Cold War...nuclear sable-rattling and Japan's increasing participation...serious re-conception of security policy. Tokyo's new stance...

Article nine. What is it good for? The constitutional premises of Japan's...

Look Japan;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the postwar modality of Japan's security policy, and may signify a new direction of Japan's security policy. Specifically, the terms...opened up a new horizon for Japan's security policy. Full Title of the Anti-Ter...

Japan Expands Military Role to Support U.S.

The Washington Post;  October 19, 2001 ;     431 words ...Japan's House of Representatives approved an anti-terrorism...terrorist camps in Afghanistan. But while the bill says that Japan can provide only logistical support in non-combat areas, it is widely seen as a turning point in Japan's security policy. For the first time, the Self-Defense Forces ...

Japan may expand troop role to aid in Iraq; Parliament is expected to pass...

The Christian Science Monitor;  July 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ......increasing boldness in Japan's security policy - and breaks new ground for the use of Japan's military forces...a maturation of security policy that has been going...in the way that Japan looks at the world...of Baghdad. The security situation in Balad...be difficult ...

Abe blows Japan's trumpet, cautiously; Japan's foreign policy.(Shinzo Abe)

The Economist (US);  May 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......assertive foreign policy but Japan's energy dependence is...South Korea, with whom Japan's relations had deteriorated...chiefly to emphasise that Japan was a staunch democratic...than three-quarters of Japan's oil. Mr Abe's men say...remains the cornerstone of Japan's security ...

Abe, Japan's New Leader, Gets Assertive

AP Online;  September 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......vote. Abe's roadmap takes Japan down a path toward a more...a leader who, at 52, is Japan's youngest premier and its...Abe envisions a confident Japan that can step from the shadow...the country's foreign and security policy will still rest firmly on...It is a friendship that Japan ...