HUGHES Christopher W <br/><br/>
Super-sizing the DPRK threat:  Japan's evolving military posture and North Korea/ 
Christopher W Hughes 
 -  2009 
<br/><br/> This paper seeks to explain why the perceived North Korean threat has had such an impact on Japanese security policy despite the fact that its impact is arguably disproportionate to the magnitude of the actual military threat.  The paper also stresses that Japan continues to push forward its defense posture incrementally. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>JAPAN<br/>NORTH KOREA<br/>SECURITY<br/>UNITED STATES -- JAPAN ALLIANCE<br/>REMILITARIZATION