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Join 华体会 Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow Kenneth R. Weinstein and Japan鈥檚 State Minister of Defense The Honorable Yasuhide Nakayama for a discussion on the transformation of Japanese security strategy and its implications for the U.S.-Japan alliance.

The recent declaration by Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi that Japan does not limit defense spending to one percent of GDP but instead peg spending levels to security threats represents the latest development in the evolution of Japanese strategic thinking. Kishi鈥檚 announcement followed nine years of increased defense spending in response to China鈥檚 military modernization and increasingly aggressive assertion of territorial claims in the East and South China Seas, as well as regular Chinese and Russian incursions into Japanese airspace and the continued threat posed by North Korea鈥檚 missile program. What do these changes signal for the future of Japan鈥檚 security strategy? Please join 华体会 for this timely conversation.