OPINION_ Japan’s Strategic Awakening (Lamont Colucci - THE EPOCH TIMES)

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Japan’s Strategic Awakening

Yonaguni Island, Japan’s westernmost inhabited island, about 111 kilometers from Taiwan, is pictured in Yonaguni, Japan, on April 13, 2022. Japan’s southwestern islands lie close to Taiwan, and any conflict there could threaten Japan’s sea lanes, airspace, and U.S. bases on its territory. Carl Court/Getty Images

Lamont Colucci
3/10/2026|Updated: 3/10/2026

Commentary

Japan’s strategic awakening is no longer theoretical—it’s unfolding in real time.

In recent weeks, Tokyo confirmed plans to deploy advanced surface-to-air missile systems on Yonaguni Island, Japan’s westernmost inhabited territory and only about 70 miles from Taiwan. The deployment is part of a broader effort to strengthen defenses along Japan’s southwestern island chain, territory that sits directly along the fault line of the emerging Indo-Pacific balance of power.

Yet Japan’s security transformation did not begin with this deployment. The origins of today’s strategic shift reach back more than a century and a half. History is a window into...

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