Aug 29,2018 Alternative Scenarios

Security II

Sino-Japan relations, as reported in the mass media over the last several weeks, seem to have positive prospects, accelerated by the fortieth anniversary of the Japan-China Treaty of Peace and Friendship, signed on August 12, 1978 and put into effect on October 23, 1978. It was reported by Japanese media early in August that the […]

Yamaguchi Noboru*

“nine-dot line” , BRI , China Dream , FONOPs , South China Sea

Aug 29,2018 Alternative Scenarios

Security I

The most recent development in Sino-Japanese relations, particularly in the security arena, suggests that bilateral relations have already hit bottom and begun to improve gradually. On June 8 of this year, a ten-year overdue agreement between the armed forces of the two countries, ”Maritime and Aerial Communication Mechanism between the Japan-China Defense Authorities,” came into force. […]

Yamaguchi Noboru*

"Belt and Road" Initiative , East China Sea , HA/DR , PKO , Senkaku Islands , Yasukuni Shrine

Feb 11,2016 National Commentaries

A Japanese Perspective

"US-ROK-Japanese Trilateral Security Cooperation"   In the mid-1990s, when Japan and the United States redefined their alliance and revised the “Guidelines for Defense Cooperation between the United States and Japan” to match the new set of international security challenges that arose after the end of the Cold War, trilateral security relations among the United States, […]

Yamaguchi Noboru*

Regionalism , Track 2 talks , US deterrence

Apr 11,2014 Open Forum

Evolution of Japan’s National Security Policy under the Abe Administration

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Yamaguchi Noboru*

dynamic joint defense force , gray zone , National Security Council , National Security Strategy , proactive contributor to peace