TY - BOOK AU - CHONG William TI - Defence and Japan's constitutional debate PY - 2015/// KW - JAPAN KW - DEFENCE KW - MILITARY N2 - 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 ER -