Chapter 4 Political Power Shift and Japan’s Security Policy Process

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. List of Acronyms xiii
5. Introduction xvii
6. Part 1 Overview of Japanese Security
7. 1 The Development of Japan’s Security 1
8. Part 2 Domestic Sources
9. 2 Domestic Sources of Japan’s Security Policy 35
10. Chapter 3 The Pacifism-Security Nexus in Japan’s Security Policy 55
11. Chapter 4 Political Power Shift and Japan’s Security Policy Process 67
12. Chapter 5 Defense Policy, the Constitution, and Society 78
13. Chapter 6 Constitutional Reinterpretation under Prime Minister Abe: Incremental Change or Radical Shift? 93
14. Part 3 Defense and Strategy
15. 7 Developments and Transformations in Japan’s Defense Planning and Readiness 111
16. Chapter 8 Japanese Sea Power Development: Shift from Coastal Defense to SLOC Protection 131
17. Chapter 9 Japan’s Defense Strategy: The Maritime Dimension 149
18. Chapter 10 From Basic Law to the Multi-Domain Defense Force: Ten Years of Transformation in Japan’s Space Program 158
19. Chapter 11 The Nuclear Weapons Debate in Japan from the Perspective of Two-Level Games 179
20. Chapter 12 Japan’s National Security and Science- Technology Management 197
21. Chapter 13 Japan’s Cybersecurity Strategy and Policy 213
22. Part 4 US Alliance
23. 14 Japan’s Alliance Relations with the US 233
24. Chapter 15 The US-Japan Alliance in an Era of Geopolitical and Domestic Change 259
25. Part 5 The Indo-Pacific
26. 16 Japan’s National Security and China 273
27. Chapter 17 Japan and the Korean Peninsula 302
28. Chapter 18 North Korea’s Nuclear Posture and Japan’s Responses 326
29. Chapter 19 Japan and ASEAN: Fifty Years of Cooperation and Trust 344
30. Chapter 20 Japan’s Strategic Ties with India: Beyond the Cliché 364
31. Chapter 21 Japan and Australia: Forging an Indo-Pacific Partnership 384
32. Index 401