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Japan’s Defense Strategy: A View from the Korean Corner

On December 16, 2022, Japan’s Cabinet approved amendments to three key national security and defense documents. First, an increase in the military budget is envisaged. The Japanese government has previously announced plans to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2027 (it is currently 1% of GDP). If Japan does so, its defense...

Konstantin Asmolov

Under the US watch, Japan sets sail for militarization

On December 16, Japan unveiled its new defence strategy aimed at giving a massive boost to the country’s defence and offence capability. This is arguably the largest defence upgrade that Japan has unveiled since the Second World War when it became a ‘pacifist’ state. As the new documents show, Japan is now shunning its ‘pacifism’ in favour of a more...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

First reaction to Japan’s new National Security Strategy

As previously reported in the NEO, a joint meeting of the leaders of the ruling parliamentary coalition (90% of which are members of the Liberal Democratic Party) on December 12 approved new draft versions of three documents concerning national security and military development in Japan. Of these, the basic document will be Japan’s second postwar National Security Strategy...

Vladimir Terehov

Ruling bloc approves “radical changes” to Japan’s security strategy

Vladimir Terehov

Japan plans to buy “Tomahawks”

Vladimir Terehov

Fumio Kishida leads the Japanese government for a year

Vladimir Terehov

Response to Western Gas Terrorism

Vladimir Odintsov

On the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the PRC and Japan

Vladimir Terehov

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