"Peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait are indis-pensable for peace, stability and prosperity of the international community," states the draft revision of the National Security Strategy that the government plans to have approved this month, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
The draft describes the security environment surrounding Japan as "the harshest and the most complicated in the postwar years," and emphasizes that "a free and open international order is vitally important."
The National Security Strategy is the basic plan of action for Japan's foreign and security policies. The current document was formulated in December 2013. The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito is in the final phase of discussing the revision. The government is expected to approve it with a Cabinet decision as early as Dec. 16.
