[lbo-talk] Japan and missile defense

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Thu Aug 21 17:29:06 PDT 2003


The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

November/December 2001 Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 33-35

OPINIONS

Missile Defense: Japan's wait-and-see approach

By Kori Urayama

Despite Japan's efforts to continue to collaborate with the United States on TMD research and the official government position that it "understands" the U.S. rationale for moving toward national missile defense, it would be a mistake to assume that Japan embraces U.S.-led missile defense initiatives wholeheartedly. Rather, Tokyo is still keeping Washington at arms length, taking a cautious wait-and-see approach, so as to make a better assessment of where it stands today amid all the controversies involved in the debate.

http://www.thebulletin.org/issues/2001/nd01/nd01urayama.html



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