‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities ^76.6%

The Japan Times - By Jesse Johnson - 7/5/2026, 8:23 AM

Hasty Generalization 59.6% - Burden of Proof 59.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 58.4%

Japan is taking lessons on “new ways of warfare” gleaned from the Ukraine and Iran conflicts and making them its own, with the government considering making “new ways of defense” a key tenet of revisions to the country’s security policy. But it is also aiming to win public support for its military buildup in the ostensibly pacifist... more