摘要
The two houses of Japan’s Diet (Parliament) provided the legal prop for theNew Japan-US Defense Guidelines by passing three related acts recently,thus eventually hammering out the reinforced overall framework for the bilateralcross-century security project, after an elapse of three years. Introduction of thenew guidelines, the basis for Tokyo’s 21 century-oriented diplomatic/securitystrategy, coupled with their related acts, will exert a significant impact onJapan’s future direction, the Asia-Pacific strategic configuration and the securityinterests of its neighboring nations. It will also spark troubles all around. Yet
