The contemporary military policy of Japan

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Tokyo Prepares For Military Interventions
By Maurice Williams, The Militant, 1 February 1999. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Liberal Party in Japan agreed to revise a 1992 law that permitted military participation in UN peacekeeping operations. Officials from the two capitalist parties said more legislation was necessary to activate a section of the law allowing the military to perform other actions that could result in armed confrontations.
Security picture shifts as Japan asserts itself
By Suvendrini Kakuchi, Asia Times, 8 April 1999. Reports of North Korean spy ships trying to infiltrate Japan last week are fueling potentially dramatic changes in the security and diplomatic picture in Asia. Widespread concern in Japan about a threat from North Korea comes in handy in efforts to boost the duties and powers of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF).
An Engaging Look at Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Militarization and Montgomery
By Teresa Williams, Black Radical Congress list, 28 August 2000. Visit to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki areas to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on these cities. Attempted demonstration at the U.S. military base in Sasebo. A successful peace march maintains commitment to non-violence and social action on the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
U.S. forces' touch-and-go exercise must end: Akahata
Japan Press Service, 31 January 2001. Akahata's editorial of January 31 that said five city mayors' demand that the U.S. forces end their nighttime touch-and-goes is a national demand for which the Japanese government must work immediately.
What emergency to prepare for? Akahata on wartime legislation
JPS, 28 March 2001. Akahata's editorial of March 28 criticized the government and the Liberal Democratic Party for rushing into preparations for wartime legislation which completely goes against the world current toward peace.
Japan's fuss about ‘unidentified ship’ refuted
Korean News, 26 December 2001. Japan's patrol boats machine-gunned an unidentified ship in the East China Sea, sinking it. This crime committed in another country's territorial waters is unpardonable terrorism in defiance of international laws.