Outlook for Japan’s security strategy in “post-Abe era” – China Military

Japanࢀ™s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga recently said that he would carry on the security policy of the Abe administration with a focus on continuously increasing the national defense expenditure. Itࢀ™s clear that although Japan has entered the ࢀœpost-Abe periodࢀ, its economic, diplomatic, and military strategies wonࢀ™t see significant changes. In the future, Japanࢀ™s security strategy will still pivot on the Japan-US military alliance. However, the country will try to seek military independence and local advantages by expanding alliances and ensuring its security, to shake off the constraints imposed by the international order set with the end of WWII and…