From pacifism to talks of going nuclear: Japan is shaking off 80-year-old shackles; here's why it worries China

Japan is shifting away from its long-standing pacifist security doctrine, with increasing defense budgets and a major ...

China’s military mouthpiece issues full-page warning on Japan’s growing drone power

PLA Daily says unmanned platforms have allowed Tokyo to circumvent constitutional constraints on military development China's ...
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Beyond Deterrence: Evolving China-Russia Military Coordination and the U.S.-Japan Alliance

As China-Russia military coordination intensifies around Japan, the U.S.-Japan alliance must adapt to sustained military ...
The Diplomat

Japan’s Middle Power Arms Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

An illustration showing the upgraded Mogami-class frigate called New FFM (left) next to the current model of the Mogami-class. Credit: Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology & ...
Foreign Affairs

The Return of Japanese Hard Power

Japan’s long-dormant defense industry is finally waking up. Constrained by a constitution imposed by the Allied military occupation after World War II, Japan has for decades adhered to a pacifist ...
The Diplomat

Is Japan a Model Middle Power?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum brought the concept of the “middle power” back into the spotlight. Delivered amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s hints of ...