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The government is working on major revisions to three key national security policy documents including the National Security Strategy (NSS), which could radically change Japan's highly restrictive and exclusively defensive postwar security policy.
Commentary It seems like there is a sea change in Tokyo's lackadaisical, "overly reliant on the Americans" approach ...
Still missing in action is a well-considered plan based on a proper threat assessment, that lays out what Japan needs, and needs to do to defend itself.
Japan has broken last year’s record for its requested defense budget as security concerns mount in Tokyo.
The new ships are supposed to be both more capable and more automated than current vessels.