Rand兰德：2024年不总是容易的-日本引进新防卫能力的经验教训报告（英文版）

Japan and the United States are in close alignment regarding their threat perceptions of the regional security environment. This leads Tōkyō to see it in its national interest to host the largest number of U.S. forces of any country in the Indo-Pacific. Based on this fact, it is not uncommon to hear that Japan should host an even broader array of U.S. military capabilities. Although Tōkyō does have a strategic interest in hosting a robust U.S. presence, the assumption that Japan will acquiesc