Japan's Pacifist Paradox (Part 2)

### BOOKS ###
SHEILA A. SMITH: JAPAN REARMED

Japan's Aging Peace: Pacifism and Militarism in the Twenty-First Century by Tom Phuong Le

### ARTICLES / PAPERS ###
https://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/un/disarmament/nnp/index.html

THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN: PACIFISM, POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, AND FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS by JOHN M. MAKI

https://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=815873

Nine Lives?:
The Politics of Constitutional Reform in Japan
J. Patrick Boyd and Richard J. Samuels

https://time.com/5875469/atomic-bomb-legacy/

‘Negative Pacifism’ and ‘Positive Pacifism’: Japan’s Changing Security Identity and Implications for International Peace and Security
Daisuke Akimoto BA, MA

https://www.lawfareblog.com/japans-evolving-position-use-force-collective-self-defense

https://www.ft.com/content/284af0d2-0138-11e4-a938-00144feab7de

https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/35326/PS027.pdf

https://thediplomat.com/2015/08/japan-farewell-to-one-country-pacifism/

https://thediplomat.com/2015/08/japan-farewell-to-one-country-pacifism/

https://thediplomat.com/2020/12/civilian-participation-in-national-defense-as-a-part-of-japans-pacifism/

https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/japans-security-choices-in-an-uncertain-east-asia/

https://thediplomat.com/2015/10/japan-pacifism-is-not-a-moral-choice/

http://stockholmcentre.org/japanese-pacifism/

https://newvoices.org.au/volume-2/the-rise-and-decline-of-japanese-pacifism/

https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/media/csis/pubs/genchangejapan.pdf

ttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09557571.2019.1623174

Japan's Pacifism Is Dead by Karl Gustafson, Linus Hagström and Ulv Hanssen

https://www.academia.edu/38019373/Japans_Pacifism_Is_Dead

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/changing-japanese-attitudes-towards-national-security-the-end-pacifism

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/10/24/japans-persistent-pacifism/

The Article 9 Association, Leftist Elites, and the Movement to Save Article 9 of Japan’s Postwar Constitution by Daiki Shibuichi

Akimoto, D. (2011). 'Negative pacifism' and 'positive pacifism' : Japan's changing security identity and implications for international peace and security.

Conceptual Twist of Japanese Nuclear Policy: Its Ambivalence and Coherence Under the US Umbrella
Masakatsu Ota

No First Use: How to Overcome Japan’s Great Divide
Nobuyasu Abe

https://www.mod.go.jp/en/d_act/d_budget/pdf/210331a.pdf

Japan Is Not an Obstacle to a US “No-First-Use” Policy. Jennifer Knox, Gregory Kulacki, Miyako Kurosaki.

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/japan-no-first-use#read-online-content

https://interactive.pri.org/2019/03/japan-nuclear/index.html

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/1933540/shinzo-abes-government-insists-japanese-constitution-does-not

U.S.-Japan Nuclear Cooperation
The Significance of July 2018
Phyllis Genther Yoshida, PhD
Fellow for Energy and Technology Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
https://spfusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/123-Agreement-Yoshida-032618.Final_.pdf

Alliance Dilemma with the U.S. and the Reconceptualization of Japanese Pacifism
Velicia Faustine Halim and Idil Syawfi

India's Recessed Deterrence Posture: Prospects and Implications
Debalina Ghoshal

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/why-japan’s-helicopter-destroyers-are-aircraft-carriers-disguise-184442

https://thediplomat.com/2014/02/shinzo-abes-nationalist-strategy/

https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/japan-article-9-conundrum-rears-its-head-again

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/11/03/editorials/japans-hypocritical-nuclear-stance/

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/12/15/why-shinzo-abe-faces-an-uphill-battle-to-revise-japans-constitution/

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.CD?most_recent_value_desc=true

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/japan/2017-10-31/abes-victory-and-constitutional-revision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAsaOKamY3E

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/2019-10-03/how-japan-could-go-nuclear

https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/japans-dilemma-over-nuclear-disarmament/

https://apnews.com/article/5a9990f8d9e242438e7b557f228ba9f3

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/japan-doubtful-about-nuclear-ban-treaty/2119109

https://www.rand.org/blog/2021/04/nuclear-ban-treaty-offers-rare-chance-for-japan.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53950704

https://www.newsweek.com/why-japan-wont-acquire-nuclear-weapons-80299

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3038442/nixon-and-japans-eisaku-sato-agreed-deny-existence-secret-deal

https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/japan’s-demographic-shifts-and-regional-security-challenges-ahead

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/21/national/fighter-jet-scrambles/

https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2020/press_pdf/p20200409_02.pdf