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***Japan Military Moves Toward PreEmptive Strike Capability***
—Japan's military, long constrained by the nation's postwar pacifist constitution, moved toward gaining the freedom to strike enemy targets abroad if an attack is anticipated.
Tokyo is preparing a new basic defense policy framework under hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and recommendations for that framework compiled Thursday by ruling party lawmakers called for building the capability to attack an enemy's strategic bases for self-defense purposes.
Such a step would allow Japan's Self-Defense Forces to launch a pre-emptive missile strike at an enemy's military target when an imminent attack on Japan from that specific site is confirmed, officials for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said.
Specifically, such a step assumes possible missile attacks from North Korea, which has been stepping up its nuclear and missile threats against targets in Japan and South Korea and U.S. bases in the region.
"We have just gone through a period when people in Japan felt extreme anxiety about national security," Yasuhide Nakayama, a lawmaker who heads the LDP's National Defense Division responsible for the recommendations, said in an interview Thursday. In addition to North Korea's missile program, he cited China's intrusions into territorial waters around contested East China Sea islands. "We believe we need to rebalance our basic policy."
The adoption of a first-strike doctrine would mean a significant shift in the responsibility for the SDF, whose role is strictly confined by the constitution to activities construed as "self defense." Mr. Abe, known for his hawkish foreign policy stances, sees constitutional revision as a top goal of his government—and, short of outright revision, has advocated military policies that would stretch conventional interpretations of postwar constitutional restrictions.
Soon after the LDP returned to power in December after three years in opposition, the government said it would publish by the end of 2013 a new National Defense Program Guideline, the most basic policy statement that determines the course of the nation's defense strategies for the medium- to long-term, or up to 10 years. While the guideline will eventually be packaged by the defense ministry under the leadership of the prime minister, the ruling party's recommendations this week carry significant weight. Mr. Abe is eager to revise the guideline even though the current ones are less than two years old, as they were compiled by the previous administration run by a rival party.
Mr. Nakayama said there are three challenges Japan faces as it starts developing a capability for attacking enemy bases abroad. It must make significant investment in research and development for weapons technology, as Japan now has only those designed for more strict self-defense purposes. It needs to clarify legal implications of such a move, including the possibility of adjusting the official interpretation of the constitution. Finally, it must gain the understanding of neighboring Asian nations that are nervous about Japan's military revival.
"Through diplomatic steps, we need to give careful and thorough explanation that we are talking about attacks strictly for the purpose of self defense," he said.
Other key LDP's recommendations for the new guideline include beefing up of cybersecurity, as well as the creation of amphibious forces for island defense within the military that would have similar capabilities to the U.S. Marine Corps.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...087677686.html
Chinese think-tank warns of military clashes with Japan
Beijing: A Chinese think-tank has warned that China may get involved in a military conflict with Japan over the disputed Diaoyu Islands, as "big powers" have intensified their efforts for geopolitical and military dominance in the strategic Asia-Pacific region.
An annual report released Tuesday by the Centre for National Defence Policy (CNDP), a part of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), has stated that big powers have intensified their efforts for regional dominance and United States has accelerated its eastward shift of its strategic focus.
"Amidst the strategic competition among big powers, the fierce oceanic competition and frequent regional conflicts, the complexity, sensitivity and uncertainty of China's security environment loom large," official Xinhua news agency quoted the report as saying.
The report came amid the latest flare-up in China's row with Japan over the disputed Diaoyu Islands in East China Sea.
The report noted that the Asia-Pacific has become "the new global geopolitical, economic and military centre" and big powers have intensified their efforts for regional dominance as "the US has accelerated its eastward shift of its strategic focus."
It warned that a military clash with Japan could happen if the dispute escalates, saying the confrontation between the two countries over disputed Diaoyu Islands in East China Sea may extend from the sea to the air.
It further cautioned that row will not only seriously jeopardise Sino-Japanese relations, but would also threaten regional stability.
"The security situation around China has become complex and uncertain due to US 'Asia-Pivot' strategy and increasing territorial disputes," said Shen Shishun, executive director of the Asia-Pacific research centre with China Foundation of International Studies.
Stating that shift of the US strategy targets China, Shen said, "US wants to stir up disputes in the region to offset China's growing economic and political clout in the Asia-Pacific region".
"While the US has repeatedly said it does not pick sides between China and Japan over the Diaoyu row, it at the same time claimed that the Diaoyu Islands fall within the scope of Article 5 of the US-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security," Shen told the state-run Global Times.
He warned that this is a dangerous game that could spiral out of control and finally hurt the US.
The review, covering hot issues in the international community, such as the Korean nuclear crisis and the Iran nuclear issue, mainly revolves around the security situation of the Asia-Pacific region.
The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday rejected Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga's remarks that a speech made by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Germany "ignored history" amid the row over the Diaoyu Islands.
During his visit to Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, the site of the Potsdam Proclamation in 1945, which set the terms for Japan's surrender in World War II, Li said that all the territories Japan stole from China, such as Northeast China, should be restored to China.
Founded in December 2011, the CNDP is tasked with researching major theories on national defence policies and drafting annual strategic reports on national security environment.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/...an_851842.html
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Tokyo is preparing a new basic defense policy framework under hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and recommendations for that framework compiled Thursday by ruling party lawmakers called for building the capability to attack an enemy's strategic bases for self-defense purposes.
Such a step would allow Japan's Self-Defense Forces to launch a pre-emptive missile strike at an enemy's military target when an imminent attack on Japan from that specific site is confirmed, officials for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party said.
Specifically, such a step assumes possible missile attacks from North Korea, which has been stepping up its nuclear and missile threats against targets in Japan and South Korea and U.S. bases in the region.
"We have just gone through a period when people in Japan felt extreme anxiety about national security," Yasuhide Nakayama, a lawmaker who heads the LDP's National Defense Division responsible for the recommendations, said in an interview Thursday. In addition to North Korea's missile program, he cited China's intrusions into territorial waters around contested East China Sea islands. "We believe we need to rebalance our basic policy."
The adoption of a first-strike doctrine would mean a significant shift in the responsibility for the SDF, whose role is strictly confined by the constitution to activities construed as "self defense." Mr. Abe, known for his hawkish foreign policy stances, sees constitutional revision as a top goal of his government—and, short of outright revision, has advocated military policies that would stretch conventional interpretations of postwar constitutional restrictions.
Soon after the LDP returned to power in December after three years in opposition, the government said it would publish by the end of 2013 a new National Defense Program Guideline, the most basic policy statement that determines the course of the nation's defense strategies for the medium- to long-term, or up to 10 years. While the guideline will eventually be packaged by the defense ministry under the leadership of the prime minister, the ruling party's recommendations this week carry significant weight. Mr. Abe is eager to revise the guideline even though the current ones are less than two years old, as they were compiled by the previous administration run by a rival party.
Mr. Nakayama said there are three challenges Japan faces as it starts developing a capability for attacking enemy bases abroad. It must make significant investment in research and development for weapons technology, as Japan now has only those designed for more strict self-defense purposes. It needs to clarify legal implications of such a move, including the possibility of adjusting the official interpretation of the constitution. Finally, it must gain the understanding of neighboring Asian nations that are nervous about Japan's military revival.
"Through diplomatic steps, we need to give careful and thorough explanation that we are talking about attacks strictly for the purpose of self defense," he said.
Other key LDP's recommendations for the new guideline include beefing up of cybersecurity, as well as the creation of amphibious forces for island defense within the military that would have similar capabilities to the U.S. Marine Corps.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...087677686.html
Chinese think-tank warns of military clashes with Japan
Beijing: A Chinese think-tank has warned that China may get involved in a military conflict with Japan over the disputed Diaoyu Islands, as "big powers" have intensified their efforts for geopolitical and military dominance in the strategic Asia-Pacific region.
An annual report released Tuesday by the Centre for National Defence Policy (CNDP), a part of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), has stated that big powers have intensified their efforts for regional dominance and United States has accelerated its eastward shift of its strategic focus.
"Amidst the strategic competition among big powers, the fierce oceanic competition and frequent regional conflicts, the complexity, sensitivity and uncertainty of China's security environment loom large," official Xinhua news agency quoted the report as saying.
The report came amid the latest flare-up in China's row with Japan over the disputed Diaoyu Islands in East China Sea.
The report noted that the Asia-Pacific has become "the new global geopolitical, economic and military centre" and big powers have intensified their efforts for regional dominance as "the US has accelerated its eastward shift of its strategic focus."
It warned that a military clash with Japan could happen if the dispute escalates, saying the confrontation between the two countries over disputed Diaoyu Islands in East China Sea may extend from the sea to the air.
It further cautioned that row will not only seriously jeopardise Sino-Japanese relations, but would also threaten regional stability.
"The security situation around China has become complex and uncertain due to US 'Asia-Pivot' strategy and increasing territorial disputes," said Shen Shishun, executive director of the Asia-Pacific research centre with China Foundation of International Studies.
Stating that shift of the US strategy targets China, Shen said, "US wants to stir up disputes in the region to offset China's growing economic and political clout in the Asia-Pacific region".
"While the US has repeatedly said it does not pick sides between China and Japan over the Diaoyu row, it at the same time claimed that the Diaoyu Islands fall within the scope of Article 5 of the US-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security," Shen told the state-run Global Times.
He warned that this is a dangerous game that could spiral out of control and finally hurt the US.
The review, covering hot issues in the international community, such as the Korean nuclear crisis and the Iran nuclear issue, mainly revolves around the security situation of the Asia-Pacific region.
The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday rejected Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga's remarks that a speech made by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Germany "ignored history" amid the row over the Diaoyu Islands.
During his visit to Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, the site of the Potsdam Proclamation in 1945, which set the terms for Japan's surrender in World War II, Li said that all the territories Japan stole from China, such as Northeast China, should be restored to China.
Founded in December 2011, the CNDP is tasked with researching major theories on national defence policies and drafting annual strategic reports on national security environment.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/...an_851842.html
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