Add to ORKGReissued 27 Sep 2018 to reflect updated abstract on pages i and v.Japanese military normalization is a complex process it is not too far from the truth to say it might represent a transformation of the nation and for any such complex process there are multiple impetuses. This thesis is organized by a categorical step-by-step analysis of the key driving factors of Japan’s normalization. The areas of prime ministerial leadership, regional security threats, alliance issues, and military-industrial complex were chosen because of the encompassing nature of their influence on the future of the Japanese military. The potential of what could be perceived as an obvious and overwhelming threat to the Japanese people, vis-à-vis some Chinese or North K...
As the international security environment continues to deteriorate, Japan has emerged as a key playe...
This thesis explores three aspects of post–Cold War Japanese security policy development. First, wha...
This research argues that the Japan Self Defense-Forces combat capabilities are evolving while at th...
Over the last 15 years, Japan’s security policy has undergone significant qualitative and quantitati...
Postwar Japan’s defense policy is an anomaly; it is a non-neutral middle power that has regularly re...
Throughout the Cold War period, Japan emerged as a major player in the economic sphere, but handicap...
This chapter revaluates the utility of militarization as a framework for comprehending Japan’s chang...
In this paper, I will be examining Japan's recent military modernization in terms of four broad que...
Japan is the only nation of its economic and technological stature that does not possess a functioni...
Is Japan on a path towards assuming a greater military role internationally, or has the recent milit...
As a result of constitutional restrictions on its use of military force, Japan has long held a reput...
When the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan’s modern history struck on the afternoon of March...
Japan made international headlines when its National Diet enacted the two controversial security bil...
Japan is proceeding towards full security normalization, moving closer to throwing off all the exter...
Is Japan re-emerging as a normal, or even a great, military power in regional and global security af...
As the international security environment continues to deteriorate, Japan has emerged as a key playe...
This thesis explores three aspects of post–Cold War Japanese security policy development. First, wha...
This research argues that the Japan Self Defense-Forces combat capabilities are evolving while at th...
Over the last 15 years, Japan’s security policy has undergone significant qualitative and quantitati...
Postwar Japan’s defense policy is an anomaly; it is a non-neutral middle power that has regularly re...
Throughout the Cold War period, Japan emerged as a major player in the economic sphere, but handicap...
This chapter revaluates the utility of militarization as a framework for comprehending Japan’s chang...
In this paper, I will be examining Japan's recent military modernization in terms of four broad que...
Japan is the only nation of its economic and technological stature that does not possess a functioni...
Is Japan on a path towards assuming a greater military role internationally, or has the recent milit...
As a result of constitutional restrictions on its use of military force, Japan has long held a reput...
When the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan’s modern history struck on the afternoon of March...
Japan made international headlines when its National Diet enacted the two controversial security bil...
Japan is proceeding towards full security normalization, moving closer to throwing off all the exter...
Is Japan re-emerging as a normal, or even a great, military power in regional and global security af...
As the international security environment continues to deteriorate, Japan has emerged as a key playe...
This thesis explores three aspects of post–Cold War Japanese security policy development. First, wha...
This research argues that the Japan Self Defense-Forces combat capabilities are evolving while at th...