Japan's Missile Defence: A Double-Edged Sword in East Asia

This book examines a fundamental contradiction at the heart of Japan¿s security strategy. In recent years, Japan has, with US support, developed a missile defence system, which the Japanese argue is entirely defensive, constructed in part to defend Japan against the threat of missile-based nuclear attack from North Korea. At the same time Japan has been working to forge closer, more friendly relations with neighbouring states, many of which were victims of Japanese aggression before and during the Second World War and which continue to be wary of Japan.