Between a doctrine and hard place: Japan’s emerging role

Michael K. Connors

doi:10.4324/9781315625669-4

Between a doctrine and hard place: Japan’s emerging role

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At a press conference in 2015 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described Japan’s then 62-year-old Japan-US alliance as the cornerstone of his country’s national security. He went on to ask, If Japan is attacked, the U.S. Forces will spare no effort in defending it…. Even if those U.S. Forces on duty to protect Japan are attacked, we cannot do anything, we will not do anything, unless Japan itself is attacked. That has been Japan’s position to date. Does this really make sense?.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific
Subtitle of host publication	Conflict and Cooperation in the Asian Century
Editors	Michael K. Connors, Rémy Davison, Jörn Dosch
Place of Publication	Abingdon Oxon UK
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	4
Pages	79-105
Number of pages	27
Edition	3rd
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317232681, 9781315625669
ISBN (Print)	9781138189577, 9781138647022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315625669-4
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Between a doctrine and hard place: Japan’s emerging role. / Connors, Michael K.
The New Global Politics of the Asia Pacific: Conflict and Cooperation in the Asian Century. ed. / Michael K. Connors; Rémy Davison; Jörn Dosch. 3rd. ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, 2018. p. 79-105.

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