Tagged: #security-strategy

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Two defence ministers in suits stand together on the deck of a grey Japanese warship

Japan widens its emergency consultation network with like-minded defence partners

Tokyo is speeding up bilateral frameworks to consult Australia, France, Germany and the Philippines in a crisis, and plans to write them into its new security strategy.

TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read

A black Japanese submarine with the hull number 514 and crew lined up on deck sailing past shipyard buildings in Kobe harbour

Indo-Pacific

Japan's ruling parties will open talks next month on new security documents, split over nuclear submarines

The LDP and Ishin will bargain over defence spending goals, the non-nuclear principles and nuclear-powered submarines before Japan rewrites its three security documents.

TaiwanDefence · 6d ago · 2 min read

Japan's defence minister in a dark suit with his hand on his chest beside a uniformed navy admiral at a ship launch ceremony

Indo-Pacific

Japan set to leave Trump's 3.5% defence spending target out of its new security strategy

Tokyo still plans a big rise in defence and related outlays, but officials say a fixed 3.5 per cent of GDP goal would force tax rises it cannot sell, the Asahi reports.

TaiwanDefence · 16 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

A blue and cream electric locomotive numbered EF66 30 pulls a long line of red freight containers along a double-track railway

Indo-Pacific

Japan weighs counting railway upgrades as defence spending to keep its forces supplied in a crisis

Tokyo may add rail lines, wider tunnels and supply depots to its defence-related budget and name rail in security documents due by year-end.

TaiwanDefence · 12 Oct 2026 · 2 min read