Although its focus remains the economy, Japan’s government has taken the first steps in reforming its security infrastructure.

Flickr_-_Official_U.S._Navy_Imagery_-_Japanese_destroyer_in_the_Pacific.
Print Email Tweet Reddit Digg RSS

COMMENTS

  1. A strategic oversight body that refocuses Japanese security on realist decision making while limiting the SDF from being controlled by bureaucratic interests or political passions? A cent...
    twettach
  2. "At this point, a nuclear armed Japan is very much welcome." Even North Korea has nuclear weapon lol. 
    Bankotsu
  1. Government for the People in China?

    800px-Chinese_flags_obscure_Tibet_protest

    Surveys belie claims that Chinese are becoming fed up with their government.

  2. Xi Jinping’s Chinese Youth Dilemma

    7689736958_4373a955dd_o

    The Chinese Dream finds itself caught between youth awakenings on the left and right.

  3. Summit Success: More Than Just Being First in Line

    Barack_Obama_&_Taro_Aso_in_the_Oval_Office_2-24-09

    The weekend’s Xi-Obama summit may be an example for Japanese leaders overly hasty to meet a U.S. president.

  1. U.S.-China Relations: Stop Striving For “Trust”

    The price of achieving trust in the bilateral relationship may be too high.

  2. Strategic Sunshine: The Path To Stability on the Korean Peninsula

    An effective policy towards Pyongyang would recognize why the regime perpetuates crises and then change the incentive structure it faces.

  3. Abenomics Is Not More Dangerous Than North Korea

    A recent claim to the contrary by South Korea’s finance minister is breathtaking.