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The past few months (to February 2014) have seen a wide scope of long-anticipated defense and security reforms take shape in Japan. Specifically, last December, the administration of Abe Shinzo released its first-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) and announced the creation of a newly minted National Security Council (NSC). Additionally, Japan released newly revised National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG) on December 17. While there was some vociferous opposition in Beijing to Tokyo’s national security reforms, criticism from Seoul has been considerably more nuanced and subtle. However, the most controversial of these reforms, and one that has not yet been enacted, is Abe’s push to reinterpret Japan’s right to collective self-defense.
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Evan S. Medeiros, “Strategic Hedging and the Future of Asia-Pacific Stability,” The Washington Quarterly 29, no. 1 (Winter 2005–2006): 145–167.
Yuichi Hosoya, “Japan’s Plans for Collective Self-Defense,” Global Asia 8, no. 4 (2013), 46–48.
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Miller, J.B. (2015). Japan’s Defense Reforms and Korean Perceptions of Japan’s Collective Self-Defense. In: Rozman, G. (eds) Asia’s Alliance Triangle. Asan-Palgrave Macmillan Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137541710_6
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