This is substantive think tank piece prodcued by Sasakawa, a think tank focused on the Japanese-US alliance, that describes the bilateral coordination between the governments and defense forces of the two nations alongside a set of recommendations and learned lessons necessary to internalize for future crises. In particular, it provides useful insight into the undelrying sources of tension and strain between the U.S. and Japan prior to the Fukushima disaster and the implications of the heightened U.S.' involvement as effective deterrence against provacation by surrounding enemies. Namely, the DJP's victory in the July 2009 general election and the subsequent failure to extend the Specifical Measures Law, which allowed the US to replenish its navy vessels engaged in anti-terrorist efforts in the Indo-Pacific via Japan, set the ground for eroding relations until the compound disaster prompted much needed bilateral dialogue.
This is substantive think tank piece prodcued by Sasakawa, a think tank focused on the Japanese-US alliance, that describes the bilateral coordination between the governments and defense forces of the two nations alongside a set of recommendations and learned lessons necessary to internalize for future crises. In particular, it provides useful insight into the undelrying sources of tension and strain between the U.S. and Japan prior to the Fukushima disaster and the implications of the heightened U.S.' involvement as effective deterrence against provacation by surrounding enemies. Namely, the DJP's victory in the July 2009 general election and the subsequent failure to extend the Specifical Measures Law, which allowed the US to replenish its navy vessels engaged in anti-terrorist efforts in the Indo-Pacific via Japan, set the ground for eroding relations until the compound disaster prompted much needed bilateral dialogue.