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Japan Article 9
![Japan’s Security Choices in an Uncertain East Asia Japan’s Security Choices in an Uncertain East Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-04.jpg)
Japan’s Security Choices in an Uncertain East Asia
By Titli Basu
What kind of Japan will the region have to deal with in the coming decades?
![Japan’s Iran Dilemma Japan’s Iran Dilemma](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2019-12-09.jpg)
Japan’s Iran Dilemma
By Kazuto Suzuki
Regional tensions require a delicate compromise.
![Constitutional Revision: A (Tiny) Step Forward for Japan's Self-Defense Forces Constitutional Revision: A (Tiny) Step Forward for Japan's Self-Defense Forces](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18027130819656.jpg)
Constitutional Revision: A (Tiny) Step Forward for Japan's Self-Defense Forces
By John Wright
Abe’s potential constitutional revision is likely to be underwhelming for the JSDF.
![The Quest to Revise Japan's Constitution The Quest to Revise Japan's Constitution](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-02_14-37-55.jpg)
The Quest to Revise Japan's Constitution
By Koji Sonoda
The Japan Conference is shaping public opinion using grassroots methods, in tandem with PM Shinzo Abe’s strategy.
![Japan Launches New Warship Japan Launches New Warship](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-30_17-17-18.jpg)
Japan Launches New Warship
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A Japanese shipyard has launched a new minesweeper for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
![Japan's Improbable Military Resurgence Japan's Improbable Military Resurgence](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-04_19-06-38.jpg)
Japan's Improbable Military Resurgence
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japanese militarism was buried for good in August 1945 and likely will not rise again.
![How Does Japan's LDP Plan to Pass Security Reform? How Does Japan's LDP Plan to Pass Security Reform?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-09_19-22-30.jpg)
How Does Japan's LDP Plan to Pass Security Reform?
By Mina Pollmann
With the 60-day rule, the Diet juggles technicalities and the LDP presses forward its bill reinterpreting Article 9.
![Japan: From ‘Proactive Pacifism’ to ‘Proactive Diplomacy’ Japan: From ‘Proactive Pacifism’ to ‘Proactive Diplomacy’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-15_01-47-49.jpg)
Japan: From ‘Proactive Pacifism’ to ‘Proactive Diplomacy’
By Joseph A. Bosco
The region should welcome greater engagement by democratic Japan.
![Aquino Shows Support for Japan in the South China Sea Aquino Shows Support for Japan in the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-05_06-55-39.jpg)
Aquino Shows Support for Japan in the South China Sea
By Clint Richards
The Philippines is seeking to indirectly link its territorial problems with Japanese normalization.
![Japan’s Decision on Collective Self-Defense in Context Japan’s Decision on Collective Self-Defense in Context](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-03_10-02-51.jpg)
Japan’s Decision on Collective Self-Defense in Context
By Kawasaki Akira and Céline Nahory
In the East Asian regional context, Japan’s changing security posture is not the force for peace Tokyo claims it is.
![Promise and Potential Peril: Japan’s Military Normalization Promise and Potential Peril: Japan’s Military Normalization](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-09-04_02-03-43.jpg)
Promise and Potential Peril: Japan’s Military Normalization
By Paul J. Leaf
To play a productive role in a tense neighborhood, Tokyo needs to look beyond constitutional interpretations.
![Taiwan and Japan’s Collective Self-Defense Taiwan and Japan’s Collective Self-Defense](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-14_19-01-24.jpg)
Taiwan and Japan’s Collective Self-Defense
By Zachary Keck
Though left unsaid, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan figured prominently into Tokyo’s reinterpretation of Article 9.
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