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‘China Threat Theory’ Drives Japanese War Legislation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Rumi Sakamoto  and
Taoka Shunji
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Since his war legislation has failed to gain public support, Prime Minister Abe has suddenly brought up the China Threat as a last resort. However, a rational analysis of reality reveals that the theory is unfounded.

On July 21, 2015 a defence white paper was published. Unusually, it contained an addenda with a statement inserted at the end of a section on China: “China has been building new offshore platforms and other facilities on the Chinese side of the Japan-China median line in the East China Sea since June 2013. Japan has repeatedly lodged protests against China's unilateral development and demanded the termination of such works.”

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 13 , Issue 38 , September 2015 , e3
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