Unpacking Japan’s Three New Security Documents: Implications for the U.S.-Japan
Alliance and Okinawa

YCAPS & the Sasakawa Peace Foundation are pleased to announce the next event in the Community Conversations seminar series focused on the Okinawa Community!

Japan unveiled three new security documents in December 2022, including the nation’s first National Defense Strategy that defines Tokyo’s security policy for the coming decade. Observers have described the documents as transformational that marks a critical juncture in Japan’s foreign policy. The question, however, is how so?

The seminar will explore this question by unpacking the new documents to illustrate how they focus on enhancing the overall military effectiveness of the alliance by pursuing an integrated and resilient force structure between the two nations. Japan’s updated security policy, in fact, has broader implications on debates over the role of alliances in U.S. grand strategy. The presentation will also touch upon the implications drawn from the new strategy—especially the concept of “deterrence by resilience”—for Okinawa, including how it may relate to Washington’s decision to remove two squadrons of F-15C/D fighters at Kadena Air Base in October 2022.

*Please kindly note that this is an in-person event taking place in Okinawa Prefecture. It will not be streamed online.

Upcoming Seminar Series
・February 22 (Wed) 17:30-20:00 JST @Yokota (Fussa), Tokyo
「Japan's Defense Diplomacy and Its Way Forward with the New National Security Strategy」

・February 25 (Sat) 15:30-17:30 JST @Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
「Pirates of Japan: Kaizoku and Maritime Traffic on the Seto Inland Sea」

https://www.ycaps.org/okinawa-security-documents