| Author/Editor | Tsuneo Watanabe Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Project Leader) Akiko Fukushima Former Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University, School of Global Studies and Collaboration Hideshi Tokuchi Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, Former Vice-Minister of Defense for International Affairs Noboru Yamaguchi Former Director for Research of the JGSDF Ground Research and Development Command, Lt. General (retired) Koichiro Bansho Former Commanding General, JGSDF Western Army, Lt. General (retired) Ippeita Nishida Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation Susumu Nakamura Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Former head of research and development at JMSDF Staff College, Rear Admiral (retired) Toshimichi Nagaiwa Former Commander in Chief, JASDF Air Support Command, Lt. General (retired) Yoji Koda Former Commander in Chief, JMSDF Self Defense Fleet, Vice Admiral (retired) |
| Date of Publication | July 2020 |
| Content | PREFACE Executive Summary Main Text Proposal 1, Security Strategy Proposal 1-1, Japan should revise its National Security Strategy (Akiko Fukushima) Proposal 1-2, Japan should have a security strategy for the Indo-Pacific (Hideshi Tokuchi) Proposal 1-3, Japan should formulate a regional security strategy that accounts for the sub-regional differences in the Indo-Pacific (Noboru Yamaguchi) Proposal 2, International Security Cooperation Proposal 2-1, Japan should develop a strategy for international security cooperation (Koichiro Bansho) <Column 1>, Japan and international peace cooperation activities: legal frameworks and developing missions (Koichiro Bansho) Proposal 2-2, Japan should develop and implement a Capacity Building Assistance Charter (Akiko Fukushima) <Column 2>, Challenges confronting current UN peace operations (Akiko Fukushima) Proposal 2-3, Japan should develop human resources for international security cooperation, and promote diverse and multi-layered criteria for deployments (Koichiro Bansho) Proposal 2-4, Japan should expand budgets and implementation mechanisms to pursue proactive security cooperation (Ippeita Nishida) Proposal 2-5, Japan should establish a center of excellence (COE) to make greater use of expertise gained by Self-Defense Force personnel from participation in UN Peacekeeping (Ippeita Nishida) Proposal 2-6, Japan should advance the exchange of research and education on international peace operations and promote its image to the world by creating a chair for peace operations at UN University, developing a network of think tanks around the world and becoming the center of international peace operations research (Akiko Fukushima) Proposal 2-7, Japan should coordinate with other countries to strengthen aid for maritime law enforcement capacity in littoral states in the South China Sea (Susumu Nakamura) Proposal 3, Space operations Japan should advance space operations and lead other countries in the field. (Toshimichi Nagaiwa) Proposal 4, Personnel system for JSDF service personnel Japan should address the shortage of critical personnel in the JSDF by introducing a new system to recruit service personnel not only through the efforts of the Ministry of Defense (J-MOD) and the JSDF, but through a whole-government effort. Additionally, the treatment of JSDF service personnel should be improved. (Yoji Koda) Proposal 5, Information strategy Japan should understand the significance of and establish mechanisms for strategic communications. (Tsuneo Watanabe) |
