Is Japan’s militarization push a threat to security in the Asia-Pacific region? #CGTN

Is Japan’s militarization push a threat to security in the Asia-Pacific region?
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Japan has approved a sweeping legal overhaul, lifting a decades-old ban on exporting lethal weapons. The move comes as Tokyo accelerates its military buildup, with changes that many see as eroding the constraints of its postwar pacifist constitution and raising concerns about the regional security order in Asia. Meanwhile, 126 Japanese lawmakers have visited the Yasukuni Shrine, where Class-A war criminals are enshrined, another development that has drawn strong reactions from neighboring countries. So, what’s driving Japan’s rapid military shift? Why are its neighbors and other Asian nations increasingly concerned about Japan becoming a more assertive military power? And what could this mean for stability in the Asia-Pacific?

Guests in this edition of Dialogue are Rong Ying, chair professor from Sichuan University; Professor Anna Rosario Malindog-Uy, director and vice president for External Affairs of the Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute; and K.J. Noh, a journalist, writer and educator.

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