CHONG William <br/><br/>
Defence and Japan's constitutional debate/ 
William Chong 
 -  2015 
<br/><br/> Prime minister Shinzo Abe's move to reinterpret article 9.  The basis for the reinterpretation is straighforward in response to a changing threat environment for Japan, the rise of China and the desire among Americans that Japan bear more of the two countries alliance burdens, Japan has rationally charted a path for its military to do more. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>JAPAN -- DEFENCE -- MILITARY