Japan

The revised National Security Strategy makes a cogent case of Japan’s evolving character as a decisive security actor. The conversation in Tokyo demonstrates a renewed sense of urgency in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sino-US strategic contest, and post-pandemic mainstreaming of economic security.

• Titli Basu
• 2023
• Monograph

The Philippines became the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member state to sign a defence pact with Japan.

• Sriram Vellore
• December 06, 2023
• IDSA Comments

• S. D. Muni , Vivek Chadha
• 2013
• Book

Japan and China are utilising parallel strategies to influence each other and the world over the latest fault-line in their contentious relationship.

• Arnab Dasgupta
• November 03, 2023
• IDSA Comments

Japan’s new supplementary defence budget focuses on hardware, personnel and bases.

• Arnab Dasgupta
• October 18, 2023
• Issue Brief

Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons use, dreadfully experienced in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has had little policy impact on concluding a genuine nuclear disarmament convention.

• Rajiv Nayan
• August 14, 2023
• IDSA Comments

With increasing North Korean nuclear and missile threats, and Chinese nuclear force modernisation, the prospects of indigenous nuclear weapons acquisition by Japan and South Korea cannot be ruled out.

• Abhishek Verma , Arnab Dasgupta
• August 03, 2023
• Issue Brief

Japan’s proposal to host a NATO liaison office in Tokyo is facing objections from NATO members like France, who view it as a distraction from the alliance’s core task of ensuring security in Europe.

• Arnab Dasgupta
• July 10, 2023
• IDSA Comments

India and Japan as Chairs of the G20 and G7 respectively can play a key role in ensuring that global nuclear instability is effectively managed.

• Arnab Dasgupta , Abhishek Verma
• May 19, 2023
• Issue Brief

The Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) Initiative aims to enhance regional maritime security via technology and training support.

• Shruti Pandalai , Abhay Kumar Singh
• June 24, 2022
• IDSA Comments