If Japan is the land of the rising sun, Asia is the region of rising tensions. Live from London, Mariko Togashi, Research Fellow for Japanese Security and Defence Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), speaks with Roger Hilton to give her reaction to Japan’s new defence policies and their implication on regional security balance, the country’s future economic security, the move to improve the national industrial defence base, and if the population is ready for potential blowback with a more activist regional policy.
