LEADER 04086oam 2200553 450 001 9910554221603321 005 20220802220558.0 010 $a0-231-55328-5 024 7 $a10.7312/le--19978 035 $a(CKB)4100000011962653 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6385740 035 $a(DE-B1597)590380 035 $a(OCoLC)1256237307 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231553285 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011962653 100 $a20210705d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJapan's aging peace $epacifism and militarism in the twenty-first century /$fTom Phuong Le 210 1$aNew York, New York State :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (391 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aContemporary Asia in the world 311 $a0-231-19978-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tFigures and Tables --$tPreface --$tNote on Names and Currency --$t1 Japan?s Aging Peace --$t2 Multiple Militarisms --$t3 Who Will Fight? The JSDF?s Demographic Crises --$t4 Technical-Infrastructural Constraints and the Capacity Crises --$t5 Antimilitarism and the Politics of Restraint --$t6 Peace Culture and Normative Restraints --$t7 Crafting Peace Among Militarisms --$t8 Aging Gracefully --$tAppendix A: Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation (Abridged) --$tAppendix B: Peace Museums and War History Museums in Japan --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tCONTEMPORARY ASIA IN THE WORLD 330 $aSince the end of World War II, Japan has not sought to remilitarize, and its postwar constitution commits to renouncing aggressive warfare. Yet many inside and outside Japan have asked whether the country should or will return to commanding armed forces amid an increasingly challenging regional and global context and as domestic politics have shifted in favor of demonstrations of national strength.Tom Phuong Le offers a novel explanation of Japan?s reluctance to remilitarize that foregrounds the relationship between demographics and security. Japan?s Aging Peace demonstrates how changing perceptions of security across generations have culminated in a culture of antimilitarism that constrains the government?s efforts to pursue a more martial foreign policy. Le challenges a simple opposition between militarism and pacifism, arguing that Japanese security discourse should be understood in terms of ?multiple militarisms,? which can legitimate choices such as the mobilization of the Japan Self-Defense Forces for peacekeeping operations and humanitarian relief missions. Le highlights how factors that are not typically linked to security policy, such as aging and declining populations and gender inequality, have played crucial roles. He contends that the case of Japan challenges the presumption in international relations scholarship that states must pursue the use of force or be punished, showing how widespread normative beliefs have restrained Japanese policy makers. Drawing on interviews with policy makers, military personnel, atomic bomb survivors, museum coordinators, grassroots activists, and other stakeholders, as well as analysis of peace museums and social movements, Japan?s Aging Peace provides new insights for scholars of Asian politics, international relations, and Japanese foreign policy. 410 0$aContemporary Asia in the world. 606 $aPacifism$zJapan 606 $aNational security$zJapan$vPublic opinion 606 $aMilitarism$zJapan 606 $aPublic opinion$zJapan 615 0$aPacifism 615 0$aNational security 615 0$aMilitarism 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a303.6/60952 700 $aLe$b Tom Phuong$01218938 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bAzTeS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554221603321 996 $aJapan's aging peace$92818774 997 $aUNINA