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Japan National Security Council
![What Did Japan Learn in South Sudan? What Did Japan Learn in South Sudan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-22592374919_209a9afddc_k.jpg)
What Did Japan Learn in South Sudan?
By Michael Bosack
The significance of the Japan Self-Defense Force deployment to the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
![Why China Should Not Worry About Japan’s New Security Laws Why China Should Not Worry About Japan’s New Security Laws](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-29_16-07-44.jpg)
Why China Should Not Worry About Japan’s New Security Laws
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Little will change (for now).
![Japan's Controversial Security Bills Pass in the Upper House. Now What? Japan's Controversial Security Bills Pass in the Upper House. Now What?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-02_17-19-35.jpg)
Japan's Controversial Security Bills Pass in the Upper House. Now What?
By Rupakjyoti Borah
Japan's Upper House has passed a package of laws allowing the country's military to venture abroad in defense of allies.
![Do Shinzo Abe’s Defense Initiatives Matter? Do Shinzo Abe’s Defense Initiatives Matter?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-23_07-19-29.jpg)
Do Shinzo Abe’s Defense Initiatives Matter?
By Lionel Fatton
How Japan’s new civil-military relations change its security posture and policy.
![Japan Mulls Creating Its Own CIA Japan Mulls Creating Its Own CIA](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-30_14-10-26.jpg)
Japan Mulls Creating Its Own CIA
By Mina Pollmann
After the Islamic State hostage crisis, Japan wants to beef up its intelligence apparatus.
![Japan: The “Return to Militarism” Argument Japan: The “Return to Militarism” Argument](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-16_09-28-27.jpg)
Japan: The “Return to Militarism” Argument
By Jeffrey Ordaniel
Could Japan see a return to militarism as some have claimed? Several factors make that highly unlikely.
![Is Japan Now Finally a Normal Country? Is Japan Now Finally a Normal Country?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-27_13-04-41.jpg)
Is Japan Now Finally a Normal Country?
By Lionel Pierre Fatton
What the recent changes to Japanese defense mean in the context of a return to “normalcy.”
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