%0 Journal Article %T Japan’s New Defense Posture. What are the implications of Japan’s constitutional reinterpretation on regional security dynamics? %+ Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS) (CERI) %A Fatton, Lionel %< sans comité de lecture %Z 2441/49buhgkv8g8ivotlhpvrgtg3mi %@ 1446-697X %J The Diplomat %I Diplomat Media %8 2014-07 %D 2014 %Z Humanities and Social Sciences/Political scienceJournal articles %X The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved on July 1 a reinterpretation of the Japanese Constitution, extending the scope of the right to self-defense to include the defense of an ally under attack. Past governments have maintained that Japan possessed the right to collective self-defense under international law, more specifically under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, but that Article 9 of its pacific Constitution prevented the country from exercising this right because doing so would go beyond the minimum necessary for national defense... %G English %2 https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-03568458/document %2 https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-03568458/file/fatton1.pdf %L hal-03568458 %U https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-03568458 %~ SHS %~ SCIENCESPO %~ CNRS %~ AO-SCIENCEPOLITIQUE %~ CAMPUS-AAR %~ AAI %~ CERI %~ SCPO_OA