日本自身需要继续推进经济改革和开放，提高军事能力，使军队能够承担强度小但人员密集的军事任务，这样的任务从预防种族屠杀、建设国家到维持和平，这些需求在泛中东和非洲地区正变得越来越迫切。
Japan, for its part, needs to continue to open and reform its economy, improve its military, and make its forces available for the sort of low-intensity but manpower-intensive missions, ranging from genocide prevention to nation-building to peacekeeping, that are increasingly required in the greater Middle East and Africa.