What is Japan's security policy under the Democratic Party of Japan?

What is it about?

Focusing on the issue of revising Article 9, this article argues that the chance of reopening the constitutional debate is low under this government. There are DPJ members who support revising the constitution, but as opposed to the LDP where this opinion is more uniform, within the DPJ, members only agree on this point to varying degree. Moreover, because the DPJ is not taking a proactive stance in this issue, it's unlikely that the debate would be extensive.

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Why is it important?

The DPJ came into power after more than sixty years of uninterrupted reign by the LDP. It's not surprising, then, that analysts have made several different predictions as to how their foreign and security policy would turn out.

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