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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s January 2023 summit with President Biden capped one of the most significant months for Japanese defense policy in decades. On December 16, Kishida’s government announced a strikingly ambitious revision of Japan’s national security strategy—the first since 2013. Part of a package of three major security documents also including Japan’s new national defense strategy and defense buildup plan, last December’s announcements are as remarkable for the substantive ambition and breadth of the pledges contained within as for what they reveal about rapidly worsening concerns in Japan about regional and global geopolitical and geo-economic trends.
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