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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

9. Japan’s Security Policy and East Asia

Author : Yuichi Hosoya

Published in: Japan and Asia’s Contested Order

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

In this chapter, it is argued that the security bills are the product of Abe’s pragmatism. This means that Prime Minister Abe exerted great efforts to make the security bills acceptable to Japanese voters largely by abandoning his original ideological agenda. It can be said that Abe’s administration is not anxious to make a radical shift in national security policy, as that might endanger previous positive support for Abe’s security agendas. In this sense, Abe’s security shifts have so far been largely the result of incrementalism. Furthermore, it remains necessary to create a new consensus on Japan’s security strategy that can move Japan beyond the Yoshida Doctrine. Abe’s intention has been to replace that doctrine with his own. But the task remains undone.

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Footnotes
1
Noah Smith, “Abe might be the world’s best leader”, Japan Times, June 13, 2014.
 
2
Ibid.
 
3
On the debates in the security legislation, see, for example, Yuichi Hosoya, Ampo ronso [Security Debates] (Tokyo: Chikuma Shobo, 2016) pp. 190–218.
 
4
The detailed explanation on the evolution of security policy under the Abe administration is best described in Noboru Yamaguchi, “Evolution of Japan’s National Security Policy under the Abe Administration”, Gilbert Rozman (ed.), Asia’s Alliance Triangle: US-Japan-South Korea Relations at a Tumultuous Time (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) pp. 113–125.
 
5
Martin Fackler and David E. Sanger, “Japan Announces a Military Shift to Thwart China”, New York Times, July 1, 2014.
 
6
The Editorial Board, “Japan’s Pacifist Constitution”, New York Times, May 8, 2014.
 
7
The editorial, “Haian de denaosu shikanai” [The only way is to restart the discussion by abolishing the security bills], Asahi Shimbun, June 16, 2015.
 
8
The editorial, “Shuin saiketsu wa younin dekinai” [We cannot approve the passing in the National Diet], Asahi Shimbun, July 14, 2015.
 
9
Jennifer Lind, “Japan’s Security Evolution, Not Revolution”, Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2015.
 
10
Ibid.
 
11
Michael Green and Jeffrey W. Hornung, “Ten Myths About Japan’s Collective Self-Defense Change”, The Diplomat, July 10, 2014.
 
12
Ibid.
 
13
The Editorial Staff, “Abe Shinzo: Japan’s Most Consequential Prime Minister since Yoshida Shigeru”, The Asan Forum, January 5, 2015. http://​www.​theasanforum.​org/​abe-shinzo-japans-most-consequential-prime-minister-since-yoshida-shigeru/​
 
14
Yuichi Hosoya, “Japan’s National Identity in Postwar Diplomacy: The Three Basic Principles”, Gilbert Rozman (ed.), East Asian National Identities: Common Roots and Chinese Exceptionalism (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012) p. 171.
 
15
Richard J. Samuels, Securing Japan: Tokyo’s Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007) p. 29.
 
16
Speech by Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, “Arc of Freedom and Prosperity: Japan’s Expanding Diplomatic Horizons,” November 30, 2006, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Tokyo. http://​www.​mofa.​go.​jp/​announce/​fm/​aso/​speech0611.​htm. On this diplomatic doctrine of the “arc of freedom and prosperity”, see Yuichi Hosoya, “The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Grand Strategy: The ‘Arc of Freedom and Prosperity’”, Asia-Pacific Review, Vol.18, No.1 (2011) pp. 13–24.
 
17
A large part of this section already appeared in Yuichi Hosoya, “Historical Memories and Security Legislation: Japan’s Security Policy under the Abe Administration”, Asia-Pacific Review, Vol.22, No.2 (2015) pp. 44–52.
 
18
On the publication of Japan’s National Security Strategy and the establishment of the National Security Council, see Shinichi Kitaoka, “A ‘Proactive Contribution to Peace’ and the Right of Collective Self-Defense: The Development of Security Policy in the Abe Administration”, Asia-Pacific Review, Vol.21, No.2 (2014) pp. 1–18. Kitaoka was the Chair of the Advisory Panel on National Security and Defense Capabilities (2013) and the Acting Chair of the Advisory Panel on Reconstruction of the Legal Basis for National Security (2013–2014).
 
19
On the establishment of Japan’s National Security Secretariat, Yuichi Hosoya, “The Role of Japan’s Security Council,” 17 June 2013, AJISS-Commentary, The Association of Japanese Institutes of Strategic Studies, No.199.
 
20
National Security Council, National Security Strategy, December 17, 2013.
 
21
Ibid.
 
22
“Cabinet Decision on Development of Seamless Security Legislation to Ensure Japan’s Survival and Protect its People” (provisional translation), July 1, 2014, http://​www.​mofa.​go.​jp/​fp/​nsp/​page23e_​000273.​html
 
23
The Advisory Panel on Reconstruction of the Legal Basis for Security, “Report of the Advisory Panel on Reconstruction of the Legal Basis for Security”, May 15, 2014. http://​www.​kantei.​go.​jp/​jp/​singi/​anzenhosyou/​report.​pdf
 
24
Kitaoka, “A ‘Proactive Contribution to Peace’ and the Right of Collective Self-Defense”, p. 14.
 
25
Ibid. The role of New Komeito is vividly described in Asahi Shimbun Seijibu Shuzaihan, Abe Seiken no ura no kao: “koubou shudanteki jieiken” document (Tokyo: Kodansha, 2015) pp. 65–80.
 
27
The Guardian, September 18, 2015.
 
28
Ministry of Defense, Defense of Japan 2015.
 
29
Government of Japan, “Japan’s Legislation for Peace and Security: Seamless Responses for Peace and Security of Japan and International Community”, “(Appendix) Matrix of the Legislation for Peace and Security”, March 2016, http://​www.​mofa.​go.​jp/​files/​000143304.​pdf
 
30
Daniel Twining, “Peace in Asia requires a ‘proactive’ Japan”, Nikkei Asian Review, September 18, 2015.
 
31
Bruce Stokes, “How Asia-Pacific Publics See Each Other and Their National Leaders”, Pew Research Center, September 2, 2015. http://​www.​pewglobal.​org/​2015/​09/​02/​how-asia-pacific-publics-see-each-other-and-their-national-leaders/​
 
32
Ibid. The ten countries include Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Pakistan, India, South Korea, China, and Japan.
 
33
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Opinion Poll on Japan in Seven ASEAN Countries”, April 18, 2014. http://​www.​mofa.​go.​jp/​press/​release/​press4e_​000271.​html
 
34
Ibid.
 
35
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Opinion Poll on Japan in Six ASEAN Countries”, May 2008. http://​www.​mofa.​go.​jp/​mofaj/​area/​asean/​yoron08.​html
 
36
David Welch, “The dangerous false fear of Japanese militarism,” Asahi Shimbun, October 4, 2014.
 
Literature
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Hosoya, Yuichi. “The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Grand Strategy: The ‘Arc of Freedom and Prosperity’”, Asia-Pacific Review, Vol.18, No.1 (2011).
Hosoya, Yuichi. “Japan’s National Identity in Postwar Diplomacy: The Three Basic Principles”, Gilbert Rozman (ed.), East Asian National Identities: Common Roots and Chinese Exceptionalism (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012).
Hosoya, Yuichi. “Historical Memories and Security Legislation: Japan’s Security Policy Under the Abe Administration”, Asia-Pacific Review, Vol.22, No.2 (2015).
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Metadata
Title
Japan’s Security Policy and East Asia
Author
Yuichi Hosoya
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Book
Japan and Asia’s Contested Order

Print ISBN: 978-981-13-0255-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-13-0256-5

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0256-5_9

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