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Shangri-La Shockwave: End of Automatic Assurance Reshapes Japan's Security
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- US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore signaled a shift from automatic security guarantees to transactional partnerships.
- Japan is responding by boosting defense spending, expanding co-production, and building minilateral networks.
- The era of passive reliance on Washington is over for Tokyo.
