defense

Japan Shifts to Proactive Cyberdefense: An Interview with Policymaker Taira MasaakiINSIGHT | Sep 30, 2026

Japan’s “Mogami” Platform and Its Crucial Role in Fostering Strategic PartnershipsINSIGHT | Sep 25, 2026

Rethinking Japan’s National Defense: Takaichi Tackles the Three Security Documents INSIGHT | May 27, 2026

Survey of Young Japanese Shows Rising Profile of Self-Defense ForcesJAPAN LIFE | May 26, 2026

Japan’s Military Spending Reaches Over ¥9 Trillion in 2025INSIGHT | May 25, 2026

Cabinet Office Survey Shows Record High Support for Strengthening Japan’s Self-Defense ForcesINSIGHT | Jan 28, 2026

Japan Targets 2% Defense SpendingINSIGHT | Jun 27, 2025

Japan’s Military Spending Rises by 21% in 2024 to Over ¥8 TrillionINSIGHT | May 22, 2025

Japan’s Do-or-Die Space Defense Program: Commercial Technology to Play Key Role in New ArchitectureINSIGHT | Feb 3, 2025

Japan Scrambles Military Aircraft 669 Times in FY2023INSIGHT | Oct 16, 2024

The “Core Problem” for Trilateral Security Cooperation: Challenges for the US-Japan- Korea RelationshipINSIGHT | Oct 11, 2024

Japan’s Defense Budget Rising Toward NATO Target of 2% of GDPINSIGHT | Sep 26, 2024

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Seiji on the “Major Shift” of Increased Defense SpendingINSIGHT | Jul 3, 2023

Japan Drops in Military Spending Ranking, Despite Budget Rise to ¥6 TrillionINSIGHT | Jun 5, 2023

Lack of Personnel Threatens to Torpedo Japan’s Reiwa-Era Submarine StrategyINSIGHT | Apr 3, 2023

Confronting the Cost of Japan’s Defense Buildup: A Conflicted Public Considers the OptionsINSIGHT | Mar 24, 2023

Modernizing the US-Japan Alliance: Counterattack Capabilities and Layered Security Cooperation INSIGHT | Mar 1, 2023

Majority of Japanese Youth See North Korea as Military ThreatJAPAN LIFE | Feb 24, 2023