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Japan’s Defense: More Details Please

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Japan’s Defense: More Details Please
Japan's honor guard marches into the entrance area of the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 5, 2021. Hiro Komae/AP Photo
Grant Newsham
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It seems like there is a sea change in Tokyo’s lackadaisical, “overly reliant on the Americans” approach to national defense.

Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
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