The Abe Doctrine: Japan’s Proactive Pacifism and Security Strategy

256 Pages·2018·4.31 MB·English

by  Daisuke Akimoto

The Abe
Doctrine
Japan’s Proactive Pacifism
and Security Strategy
Daisuke Akimoto
The Abe Doctrine
Daisuke Akimoto
The Abe Doctrine
Japan’s Proactive Pacifism and Security Strategy
Daisuke Akimoto
Tokyo, Japan
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A
cknowledgments
When I resigned from Soka University Peace Research Institute as Assistant
Professor and began working as Policy Secretary in the House of
Representatives in the beginning of 2015, Japanese Diet Members and
bureaucrats had discussed and prepared for the enactment of the Peace
and Security Legislation under the Abe administration. Most of this book’s
manuscript was drafted during the Abe government, while observing the
enactment process and deliberations of the Peace and Security Legislation
in the Japanese National Diet, and working to a Diet member, Yasuhiro
Nakagawa. First, I would like to express my appreciation to Yasuhiro
Nakagawa (Komeito Legislator in the House of Representatives), Yusuke
Onda (Policy Secretary in the House of Councillors), and Michio Kawahito
(Former President of Komeito Secretary Association in the House of
Representatives) for providing me this opportunity to research in Nagata-
cho surrounded by academic and government sources.
Second, I am grateful to special lectures on foreign and security policy
by Makoto Iokibe (Emeritus Professor of Kobe University), Koji Murata
(Professor and Former President of Doshisha University), Kazuhisa Ogawa
(Professor of Shizuoka University), Kiyohiko Ota (Former Professor of
the National Defense Academy of Japan), Tsuneo Watanabe (Senior
Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation), and Kunihiko Miyake
(Research Director of the Canon Institute for Global Studies) in the
House of Representatives. Third, I am appreciative of Harald Baum
(Professor of Max Planck Institute and the editor of Journal of Japanese
Law) as well as Jannie Malan (Professor and the editor of African Journal
on Conflict Resolution) for their permissions to utilize original articles for
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vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Chaps. 4 and 7 in this book. I am also thankful to Jacob Dreyer, editor at
Palgrave Macmillan, for his editorial support and advice as I completed
and published this work.
Fourth, I would like to show my appreciation to Paul Duffill (Assistant
Professor of Toyo University), Thomas Wilkins (Senior Lecturer of
Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of
Sydney), Anne Mette Fisker-Nielsen (Lecturer of School of Oriental and
African Studies at the University of London), and David Walton (Senior
Lecturer of Western Sydney University who supervised my PhD program
from 2007 to 2011) for their valuable comments on the final draft of the
manuscript. However, any errors and mistakes are my own responsibility.
Fifth, I would like to thank my family members in Aomori, and my friends
in Japan, Australia, and other countries. Finally, I would like to express a
special acknowledgment to Daisaku Ikeda (Founder of Komeito and
Soka University) who has consistently inspired me to examine Japan’s
pacifism and security policy and to explore Japan’s role in global peace
and security.
c
ontents
1 I ntroduction 1
2 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the Proactive
Contribution to Peace 9
3 The 15 Cases: Simulations for the Peace and Security
Legislation 35
4 The Abe Government and the Right to Collective
Self-D efense 65
5 The Domestic Implication: Japan’s Ballistic Missile
Defense Policy 101
6 The Bilateral Implication: Development of the 
Japan–USA Alliance 125
7 The Global Implication: Japan’s Peace Operations
in South Sudan 147
8 The Abe Doctrine: Emergence of Japan’s New Grand
Strategy 173
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viii CONTENTS
9 C onclusion 197
Bibliography 203
Index 235
A
bbreviAtions
ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone
AIRBOSS Advanced Infra-Red Ballistic Missile Observation Sensor
System
AMM Aceh Monitoring Mission
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASDF Air Self-Defense Force
A2/AD Anti-Access/Area-Denial
BMD Ballistic Missile Defense
CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear
CLB Cabinet Legislation Bureau
CSIS Center for Strategic and International Studies
DPJ Democratic Party of Japan
DSP Defense Support Program
EEZ Economic Exclusive Zone
GSDF Ground Self-Defense Force
GSOMIA General Security of Military Information Agreement
G7 Group of Seven
HA/DR Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
ICBM Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
IDPs Internally Displaced Persons
IGAD Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
INTERFET International Force for East Timor
ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JCG Japan Coast Guard
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x ABBREvIATIONS
JCP Japanese Communist Party
JDA Japan Defense Agency
JFIR Japan Forum on International Relations
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
JIP Japan Innovation Party
LDP Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
MDA Missile Defense Agency
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MOD Ministry of Defense of Japan
MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
MSDF Maritime Self-Defense Force
NDL National Diet Library of Japan
NDPG National Defense Program Guidelines
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
NIDS National Institute for Defense Studies
NIRA National Institute for Research Advancement
NPT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NSC National Security Council
NSS National Security Strategy
ODA Official Development Assistance
PAC-3 Patriot Advanced Capability-3
PAC-3 MSE Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment
Enhancement
PKO Peacekeeping Operations
POC Protection of Civilians
PSAJ Peace Studies Association of Japan
PSC Peace and Security Council
RAMSI Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands
RIMPAC Rim of the Pacific Exercise
R2P Responsibility to Protect
SCC Security Consultative Committee
SDF Self-Defense Forces
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SDP Social Democratic Party
SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SLBM Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
SLOC Sea Lines of Communication
SM-3 Standard Missile-3