Congressional Digest

International Debates Archives September 2003 No. 6 Vol. 1
Kenzo Yoneda

Japan's Defense Policy

Pacifism, Military Power, and the Japanese Constitution

Kenzo Yoneda

Senior Vice Minister

In addition to service as senior vice minister for the Cabinet Office, Kenzo Yoneda is chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Security Policy Parliamentary League and director of the Special Committee on Responses to Armed Attacks. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1993 and, prior to that, served on the Yokohama City Assembly. The following is excerpted from a roundtable discussion for Sapio magazine on June 11, 2003. I take a serious view of the present-day situation in East Asia. These days, North Korea is in the news, and people are arguing about it. But I…

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