NSC in Japan: Needed, But Still Hurdles

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

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  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...
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  2. "At this point, a nuclear armed Japan is very much welcome." Even North Korea has nuclear weapon lol. 
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