Japan’s Defense White Paper Charts Gloomy Security Landscape

Japan Defense Ministry

The Japanese Defense Ministry has already ramped up spending in response to multiple threats.

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SINGAPORE—Japan is doubling down on stand-off weapons and counter-strike capabilities, while describing the security landscape it faces as its “greatest trial since World War II” in its latest Defense White Paper. While the paper does not divulge new major platform acquisition, its narrative does...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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