| Japan's anti-nuclear weapons policy misses its target, even in the war on terrorism. | |
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PMID: 12964707 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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While actively working to promote the abolition of all nuclear weapons from the world since the end of the cold war, Japan's disarmament policies are not without problems. Promoting the elimination of nuclear weapons as Japan remains under the US nuclear umbrella creates a major credibility problem for Tokyo, since this decision maintains a Japanese deterrence policy at the same time that officials push for disarmament. Tokyo also advocates a gradual approach to the abolition of nuclear weapons, a decision that has had no effect on those countries that have been conducting sub-critical nuclear testing, nor stopped India and Pakistan from carrying out nuclear tests. Consistent with Article 9 of the Constitution, the Japanese war-renouncing constitutional clause, Tokyo toughened Japan's sizeable Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme in the early 1990s. Because of the anti-military guidelines included in Japan's ODA programme, Tokyo stopped new grant and loan aid to India and Pakistan in 1998 after these countries conducted nuclear tests. However, because of the criticism Japan faced from its failure to participate in the 1991 Gulf War, Tokyo has been seeking a new Japanese role in international security during the post-cold war period. Deepening its commitment to the security alliance with the US, Tokyo has become increasingly influenced by Washington's global polices, including the American war on terrorism. After Washington decided that Pakistan would be a key player in the US war on terrorism, Tokyo restored grant and loan aid to both Islamabad and New Delhi, despite the unequivocal restrictions of Japan's ODA programme. |
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Authors:
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Anthony DiFilippo |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medicine, conflict, and survival Volume: 19 ISSN: 1362-3699 ISO Abbreviation: Med Confl Surviv Publication Date: 2003 Jul-Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-09-10 Completed Date: 2003-10-27 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9612305 Medline TA: Med Confl Surviv Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 235-48 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Sociology, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, PA 19352, USA. difilippo@lu.lincoln.edu |
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Humans Internationality Japan Nuclear Warfare* Policy Making* Terrorism* |
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