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Introduction

Akimoto, Daisuke

Pages: 1 –8

[This research scrutinizes policy implications of the Peace and Security Legislation for Japan’s Ballistic Missile Defense system, the Japan–USA alliance system, and Japan’s policy on international peacekeeping operations in South Sudan. It attempts to reveal the emergence of the ‘Abe Doctrine’...

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Proactive Contribution to Peace

Akimoto, Daisuke

Pages: 9 –33

[This chapter aims to examine differences and similarities between Japan’s positive pacifism and the concept of proactive contribution to peace (so-called proactive pacifism), and to investigate some policy implications for changing Japanese foreign and security policy. To this end, the concept...

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The 15 Cases: Simulations for the Peace and Security Legislation

Akimoto, Daisuke

Pages: 35 –64

[This chapter reviews the so-called 15 Cases regarding the peace and security of Japan and the international community that were suggested by the Abe government to the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito as the ruling parties on 27 May 2014. The 15 Cases were critically covered by Japanese...

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The Abe Government and the Right to Collective Self-Defense

Akimoto, Daisuke

Pages: 65 –99

[The Japanese government consistently interpreted that Japan has the right of collective self-defense, but it cannot be exercised because of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution. Despite the official interpretation, the second Abe cabinet (December 2012–December 2014) made a decision to...

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The Domestic Implication: Japan’s Ballistic Missile Defense Policy

Akimoto, Daisuke

Pages: 101 –123

[This chapter attempts to contextualize the development of Japan’s policy on the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, since the enhancement of Japan’s BMD system was one of the major reasons why the Abe government needed to enact the Peace and Security Legislation, as pointed out in Chap. 4....

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The Bilateral Implication: Development of the Japan–USA Alliance

Akimoto, Daisuke

Pages: 125 –146

[The Guidelines for Japan–US Defense Cooperation were revised on 27 April 2015 for the first time in 18 years. Domestically, the Abe government enacted Japan’s Legislation for Peace and Security on 19 September 2015. The 2015 Guidelines and the Peace and Security Legislation are of significance...

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The Global Implication: Japan’s Peace Operations in South Sudan

Akimoto, Daisuke

Pages: 147 –172

[After the declaration of independence of South Sudan from Sudan on 9 July 2011, the Japanese government decided to dispatch its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to South Sudan under the auspice of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan. Despite post-conflict military clashes in South...

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The Abe Doctrine: Emergence of Japan’s New Grand Strategy

Akimoto, Daisuke

Pages: 173 –195

[This chapter seeks to examine the policy components of the Abe Doctrine as an emerging Japanese grand strategy. It confirms the changing security environment surrounding Japan by paying attention to three neighboring countries, Russia, China, and North Korea, as potential and manifest threats to...

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Conclusion

Akimoto, Daisuke

Pages: 197 –202

[This book examines the implications of Prime Minister Abe’s proactive contribution to peace (proactive pacifism) for the domestic, bilateral, and international security policies that are policy components of the Abe Doctrine. Is this proactive contribution to peace policy the prime minister’s...

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