탈냉전기 일본 안보정책의 변화에 대한 고찰

Abstract

Japanese security policy has been showing essential departure from its policy in the Cold War that was framed by exclusively defence-orientation and prohibition of the right of collective selfdefense. This departure seems to be made possible through the three major Japanese egislations since the end of the Cold War; 1) International Peace Cooperation Law in the aftermath of the Gulf war, 2) the Law Concerning Measures to Ensure Peace and Security of Japan in Situations in Areas Surrounding Japan in the face of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile threat, 3) the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law after the September 11 terrorist attack. The promotion factor for this change can be reasoned with the Japan’s desire for becoming a normal state, the pressure and the demand form the US, and the external threat to Japan. In the mean time, the US-Japan Security Treaty, the existence of the Peace Constitution, and Japanese public opinion constrains the scope of the change as the restriction factors. In sum, this change of Japanese security policy can be viewed as the movement towards a normal state, and the potential resurrection of militarism in Japan dose not appear so far. However, the complication between normalization and rightest leaning poses as a considerable problem, due to the Japan’s inconclusive accounts for its past problem. Consequently, Korea must send Japan a supportive message regarding normalization while making it clear to object the Japan’s rightest leaning. In addition, Korea must urge Japan to strengthen not only a military deterrence, but also more active role in its preventive diplomacy. This will also require Korea to improve reconciliation and ooperation between South and North Korea in order not to provide Japan with reinforcing its military power.