| ID | 099443 |
| Title Proper | Democratic party of Japan's security policy and Japanese politics of constitutional revision |
| Other Title Information | a cloud over Article 9 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hagstrom, Linus |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | A Referendum Law took effect in Japan in May 2010. Since a referendum is a prerequisite to any change to the Japanese 'Peace Constitution', this is an event with potentially far-reaching consequences. By gauging the Democratic Party of Japan's views on the issue of revision of the constitution-particularly revision of the famous Article 9, with remains a foundation of Japanese security policy-and by extrapolating on the findings, this article aims to further the understanding of the new government's security policy more generally. After finding that the probability that the Japanese government will capitalise on the coming into force of the Referendum Law to reopen the constitutional debate is currently low, the article advances a number of hypotheses as to why this is the case, and discusses scenarios under which the status quo could change. Finally, it draws out the implications (a) of the preceding analysis for DPJ security policy, and (b) of DPJ security policy for the interpretation of the constitution where Article 9 is concerned. |
| `In' analytical Note | Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 64, No. 5; Nov 2010: p510-525 |
| Journal Source | Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 64, No. 5; Nov 2010: p510-525 |
| Key Words | Democratic Party ; Japan ; Security Policy ; Japan - Politics ; Japan - Security Policy ; Political Party - Japan |