Japan’s new security imperative : the function of globalization

• Main Authors: Singh, Bhubhindar, Shetler-Jones, Philip
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90650; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6507
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Japan has steadily extended its military reach from a domestic zone of defence against territorial invasion in the late 1950s, through a regional security policy in the late 1970s, to what has now become a globally scaled military role. This reexpansion is perceived by some as evidence of revived mi...