{"id":7600,"date":"2010-10-13T06:26:11","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T21:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2010-10-13T06:27:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T21:27:12","slug":"new-book-in-defense-of-japan-from-the-market-to-the-military-in-space-policy-by-pekkanen-and-kallender-umezu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=7600","title":{"rendered":"New Book: “In Defense of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space Policy” by Pekkanen and Kallender-Umezu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog.\u00a0 Here are some excepts of a new book out from Stanford University Press on Japan’s space policy.\u00a0 “In Defense of Japan: From the Market to the Military in Space Policy<\/a>” by Pekkanen and Kallender-Umezu.\u00a0 A complete tangent to what we do here at Debito.org, the book deserves an audience (reviewers have been a bit chary) given the subject matter:\u00a0 how easy it would be for Japan to become not only a nuclear power, but a military superpower in space should the situation in Asian geopolitics grow ugly.\u00a0 I happen to know one author (Paul, who gave me a copy) and the spouse of the other (Saadia, whose husband hosted me for a speech at UW years ago), and am happy to do them a favor and offer a little exposure here.<\/p>\n

I haven’t read the book yet (received it Saturday, only gave it a thumb-through), but others might want to.\u00a0 Cover, ISBN, blurbs, and scans of the first three pages follow.\u00a0 Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n