In a new Asia Pacific Bulletin, Yasuhiro Matsuda discusses the two publications on Japan’s security and national defense policies that were released in 2010 under the Democratic Party of Japan government in Japan. One report is entitled “Japan’s Vision for Future Security and Defense Capabilities in the New Era: Toward a Peace-Creating Nation.” The other is the “National Defense Program Guidelines, FY 2011-.” The overlap between these two documents represents the new directions of the Japanese security and national defense policies, and the gap between them illustrates the old restrictions that remain.
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