Recently, Japan has been moving frequently toward "re-militarization": it not only hypes up the "China threat" in its new Defense White Paper, but also plans to peddle weapons to Southeast Asia and rope in the Philippines to confront China in the South China Sea and across a wider region.

Why is Japan now abandoning the pretence of "exclusively defense-oriented policy"? What impact will its "new militarism" course have on Asian security? Click the video to uncover Japan's "new militarist" ambitions.