Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rnmf20 Maritime Affairs: Journal of the National Maritime Foundation of India ISSN: 0973-3159 (Print) 1946-6609 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rnmf20 Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy”: Reality before the Rhetoric? Shahana Thankachan To cite this article: Shahana Thankachan (2018): Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy”: Reality before the Rhetoric?, Maritime Affairs: Journal of the National Maritime Foundation of India, DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2017.1414831 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09733159.2017.1414831 Published online: 03 Jan 2018. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 32 View related articles View Crossmark data