Japan’s New Defense Posture. What are the implications of Japan’s constitutional reinterpretation on regional security dynamics?

Lionel Fatton (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved on July 1 a reinterpretation of the Japanese Constitution, extending the scope of the right to self-defense to include the defense of an ally under attack. Past governments have maintained that Japan possessed the right to collective self-defense under international law, more specifically under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, but that Article 9 of its pacific Constitution prevented the country from exercising this right because doing so would go beyond the minimum necessary for national defense...

Domaines: Science politique

Lionel Fatton. Japan’s New Defense Posture. What are the implications of Japan’s constitutional reinterpretation on regional security dynamics?. The Diplomat, 2014. ⟨hal-03568458⟩