&quot;Or does the Japanese constitution allow for preëmptive strikes outside of domestic borders, in the manner of a traditional military?&quot;<p>I found this sentence interesting -- I&#x27;ve been under the impression for some time that preemptive war is not necessarily a traditional doctrine, at least in America, and was introduced in the post-9&#x2F;11 national security backlash era. But I don&#x27;t know enough about military history to really know.