Defense of Japan 2013

Japan Ministry of Defense

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CONTENTS

• Foreword
• Digest Part I | Figure Part I
• Digest Part II | Figure Part II
• Digest Part III | Figure Part III

Part I: Security Environment Surrounding Japan

Overview

• Section 1 Trends in the International Community
• Section 2 Security Environment in the Vicinity of Japan
• Section 3 Major Security Issues in the International Community

Chapter 1 Defense Policies of Countries

• Section 1 The United States
• Section 2 Korean Peninsula
• Section 3 China
• Section 4 Russia
• Section 5 Southeast Asia
• Section 6 South Asia
• Section 7 Australia
• Section 8 Europe

Chapter 2 Issues in the International Community

• Section 1 Trends Concerning Cyberspace
• Section 2 Transfer and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Section 3 International Terrorism
• Section 4 Complex and Diverse Regional Conflicts and Approaches of the International Community

Part II: Japan's Defense Policy and the Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements

Chapter 1 The Basic Concepts of Japan's Security and Defense Policy

• Section 1 Measures to Ensure Japan's Security
• Section 2 The Constitution and the Right of Self-Defense
• Section 3 The Basis of Defense Policy
• Section 4 Establishment of National Security Council

Chapter 2 The National Defense Program Guidelines and the Build-Up of Defense Capability

• Section 1 The National Defense Program Guidelines and the Mid-Term Defense Program
• Section 2 Status of Deliberations Concerning the Revision of the 2010 Guidelines
• Section 3 Build-Up of Defense Capability in FY2013
• Section 4 Defense-Related Expenditures (First Increase in 11 Years)
• Section 5 Stable Use of Global Commons (Outer Space, Cyberspace, and the Oceans)

Chapter 3 Strengthening of the Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements

• Section 1 The Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements
• Section 2 For the Deeper and Broader Japan-U.S. Alliance
• Section 3 MV-22 Osprey Deployment in Okinawa
• Section 4 Efforts to Strengthen Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation
• Section 5 Measures Relating to the Stationing of U.S. Forces in Japan, including their Realignment

Part III: Measures for Defense of Japan

Chapter 1 Systems to Protect Citizens' Lives and Property and Defend Japanese Territorial Land, Waters and Airspace

• Section 1 Effective Deterrence and Response
• Section 2 Frameworks for Responses to Armed Attack Situations

Chapter 2 Initiatives to Further Stabilize the International Security Environment

• Section 1 Promoting Multilateral Security Cooperation and Dialogue in Areas Including the Asia-Pacific Region
• Section 2 Promotion of Defense Cooperation and Exchanges
• Section 3 Counter-piracy Initiatives
• Section 4 Efforts to Support International Peace Cooperation Activities
• Section 5 Efforts for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation

Chapter 3 The Maintenance and Strengthening of Defense Production and Technological Bases, and the Effective, Efficient Acquisition of Defense Equipment

• Section 1 Defense Production and Technological Bases, and the Current Status of Defense Equipment Acquisition
• Section 2 Initiatives for Increasing the Efficiency of Procurement and Improving its Fairness and Transparency
• Section 3 Research and Development
• Section 4 Initiatives Aimed at Maintaining, and Strengthening Defense Production and Technological Bases

Chapter 4 The Relationship between the Japanese People and the Ministry of Defense and the SDF

• Section 1 The Human Foundation and Organization That Supports the Defense Force
• Section 2 Reform of the Ministry of Defense
• Section 3 Interaction between the Ministry of Defense and the SDF, and the Local Community and Japanese Citizens