Japan - shield of dreams. Build it and they won't come.

A recent security review explicitly named China and North Korea as threats. This has not gone down well with the neighbours. But it has been used as justification for changing the law preventing arms exports. Now parts can be built jointly with the US for a missile defense shield more from the Asahi Shimbun... The Chinese say this is entirely unjustified and doesn't take their "historical" concerns into account (i.e. concerns that the Japanese haven't really changed at all in 60 years) more from Japan Today... Maybe they're regretting all that sub based sabre rattling now.