TY  - BOOK
TI  - Japan formulates new defence policy
CY  - 2005
KW  - JAPAN
KW  - DEFENCE POLICY
N2  - In December 2004 Japan issued a new National Defence Programme Outline. The document marks a significant change from traditional Japanese defence concepts that focused internally on national territory protection, instead putting more emphasis on improving the Self Defence Force to be able to deal flexibly with a variety of emergency situations
ER  -