CONTENTS

• Foreword
• Digest
• Contents

Part I: Security Environment Surrounding Japan
• Overview

Chapter 1 Issues in the International Community
• Section 1 International Terrorism
• Section 2 Transfer and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Section 3 Situation in Iraq
• Section 4 Complex and Diverse Regional Conflicts

Chapter 2 National Defense Policies of Countries
• Section 1 The United States
• Section 2 Korean Peninsula
• Section 3 China
• Section 4 Russia
• Section 5 Southeast Asia
• Section 6 South Asia
• Section 7 Australia
• Section 8 Europe

Part II: The Basics of Japan's Defense Policy and Build-up of Defense Capability
Chapter 1 The Basic Concepts of Japan's Defense Policy and Related Issues
• Section 1 Measures to Ensure Japan's Security
• Section 2 The Constitution and the Right of Self-Defense
• Section 3 The Basis of Defense Policy
• Section 4 New Approaches to Space and Ocean

Chapter 2 The National Defense Program Guidelines and Build-Up of Defense Capability
• Section 1 Basic Concepts of Formulating the National Defense Program Guidelines
• Section 2 Contents of the National Defense Program Guidelines
• Section 3 Defense Posture Review
• Section 4 Mid-Term Defense Program
• Section 5 Build-up of Defense Capability for FY 2009
• Section 6 Defense-Related Expenditures

Part III: Measures for Defense of Japan
Chapter 1 Operations of Self-Defense Forces for Defense of Japan and Responses to Diverse Situations
• Section 1 Frameworks for Responses to Armed Attack Situations
• Section 2 Effective Responses to New Threats and Diverse Contingencies
• Section 3 Preparation against Full-Scale Aggression

Chapter 2 Strengthening of the Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements
• Section 1 The Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements
• Section 2 Japan-U.S. Security Consultation on the Future of the Japan-U.S. Alliance and other Matters
• Section 3 Policies and Measures for Enhancing Credibility of the Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements

Chapter 3 Improvement of the International Security Environment
• Section 1 Efforts to Support International Peace Cooperation Activities
• Section 2 Promotion of Security Dialogue and Defense Exchanges
• Section 3 Efforts for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

Chapter 4 Citizens of Japan, the Ministry of Defense and the SDF
• Section 1 Sustaining Defense Capabilities
• Section 2 Interaction between the Ministry of Defense & the SDF, and the Local Community & Japanese Citizens

Part IV: Reform of the Ministry of Defense
• Section 1 Council for Reforming the Ministry of Defense
• Section 2 Efforts for Realizing Reform of the Ministry of Defense
• Section 3 Other Efforts

Reference
• Contents
• Reference
• Defense Chronology
• Organizational Diagram of the Self-Defense Forces
• Location of Principal SDF Units