CIAO DATE: 01/2015

Watch this Space: 'Collective Self-defense,' Constitutional Reinterpretation, and Japan's Security Policy

June 2014

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

Abstract

Throughout the postwar period, the Government of Japan's (GOJ) definition and interpretation of collective self-defense and Article 9 of Japan's constitution have played a crucial role in how its leaders develop and employ military power. This issue also has had significant implications for its political and security relationship with the United States.

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