Since there was no great change in the national goals which were the opening of Japan and the promotion of national interests and people's welfare, and in the national strategy which was the invasion of China and Southeast Asian in the previous policy, the policy was not significantly changed.
以前の国防方針で定められた開国進取や国利民福の国家目標や中国・東南アジアへの進出という国家戦略に大きな変化が見られなかったために国防方針も大きく変化するものではなかった。