https://www.tuj.ac.jp/icas/events/2023/1031/kevinmaher-japan-security-us-expectations-inperson
Overview Japan’s national defense strategy has evolved markedly since the Gulf War in 1990-1991, when security policy restricted Japan from providing anything other than financial and non-military material assistance to the US-led effort against Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Few in the US government expected more from Japan, especially in terms of JSDF participation. As Japan’s security ...