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External threats? Domestic anxiety? Why Japan hypes up the new intelligence bureau

Japan is expanding its security agenda, but its domestic challenges are mounting. With GDP growth forecast at just 0.9% and the population below 120 million, historian Alexis Dudden argues that emphasizing external threats risks distracting from the country's deeper economic and demographic issues. 

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