Japan Should Send Warships to Secure Hormuz, Ex-Adviser Says

Japan should consider sending warships to help jointly secure the Strait of Hormuz with other nations and protect both its own vessels and those of other nations — even before a ceasefire, according to a former top national security adviser.

A special measures law would be needed to enable such a move, going beyond what Japan has done in past geopolitical conflicts, said Akihisa Nagashima, who served as a national security adviser to the predecessor of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. The former deputy defense minister added that this would be possible without changing Japan’s pacifist constitution, which renounces war and significantly restricts its security activities abroad.