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SDF

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2021
Understanding Japan’s ‘positive list’ approach to security
The new legislation eliminated the need for special measures laws for the types of operations the SDF had engaged in since 2001 and added new provisions for limited collective self-defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 18, 2021
As Europe's interest in the Indo-Pacific grows, is Japan ready to lead the way?
As countries such as France and Britain dispatch ships to the region, the onus is now on Tokyo to show leadership by setting out a long-term, detailed roadmap for cooperation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 16, 2021
Why France is a welcome security partner for Japan
Ultimately, it is not about how much military power partners project into the region, it is about adversaries knowing that those partners have skin in the game.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2021
Tokyo to get SDF-staffed, large-scale vaccination site amid slow rollout
Medically licensed SDF personnel are expected to administer Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines to about 900,000 people age 65 or older living in the capital and neighboring prefectures.

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’