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Japan is ramping up its defense with a powerful new anti-ship missile, aiming to counter China’s regional ambitions and reinforce control over contested waters. However, technical challenges and the fickle nature of the US-Japan alliance may keep its ambitions grounded.
Shigeru Ishiba’s rise to the premiership represents a potentially significant turn for Japan, with questions abound about how much he will retain and change his predecessor Fumio Kishida’s policies and paradigms.
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and J D Vance have all expressed spirited opposition to Japan’s Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of US Steel in tones and ways that have upset America’s most important Pacific ally. The following quotes convey the gist of the situation.
Japan’s military spending is edging closer to its targeted 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), with big new budget earmarks for drones, missile defense, satellites, cyber defense and cloud-based command and control systems.
Japan is bolstering its maritime capabilities with Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USV) in response to China’s aggressive actions in the East China Sea, marking a strategic shift in defense technology and the US-Japan alliance.