Time to Let Japan Be a Regular Military Power

More than seventy years after World War II, that conflict still burdens Japan, limiting its role in the world. Japanese policymakers relied on creative constitutional interpretation to establish a “Self-Defense Force.” Still, Tokyo relied on its constitution as well as popular revulsion to war to both cap military outlays and restrict the SDF’s role—which, conveniently, helped ensure continued American protection.

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