Secrets and Lies: Ampo, Japan's Role in the Iraq War and the Constitution

David McNeill

doi:10.1017/S1557466010009332

Secrets and Lies: Ampo, Japan's Role in the Iraq War and the Constitution

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2025

David McNeill

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Japan marked the 50th anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty on January 19 amid calls for an inquiry into the dispatch of Japanese Self-Defence Forces to Iraq, which critics say was illegal and in violation of Japan's no-war Constitution. But in contrast to the fierce debates over the origins and legitimacy of the 2003 Iraq invasion in both the United States and the United Kingdom, public discussion in Japan is muted and there will be no official investigation.

Type: Research Article
Information: Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 8 , Issue 7 , February 2010 , e5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1557466010009332 [Opens in a new window]
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