The Kishida administration adopted a set of three new national security and defense strategy documents at a Cabinet meeting in December 2022. They included the decision to possess counterstrike capabilities, something the author had advocated for many years. This article reviews the evolution of Japan’s security policy from the postwar era to today and discusses how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has clarified the national security strategy that Japan should pursue.

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乌托邦式的徒手和平主义即将结束

岸田政府在2022年12月的内阁会议上通过了三份新的国家安全和防卫战略文件。其中包括作者多年来主张的拥有反击能力的决定。本文回顾了日本从战后至今的安全保障政策的演变，并讨论了俄罗斯入侵乌克兰如何明确了日本应奉行的国家安全战略。