Professor Takatoshi Ito, Director of CJEB's Program on the "The Will, but Not the Way, to Increase Japan’s Defense Budget"

Professor Takatoshi Ito, director of CJEB's Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, and professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, wrote the Project Syndicate article "The Will, but Not the Way, to Increase Japan’s Defense Budget " Professor Ito states in the article, “Sensing that there are growing threats to Japan and its neighbors, the Japanese public recognizes the need to develop a greater capacity for deterrence. If the world really is entering a new era of hard power, Japan’s “peace constitution” and soft power may no longer be sufficient to ensure national security.”