Beyond Foreign Military Sales: Japan-U.S. Defense Industrial Cooperation (Part 1)
The security environment in the Indo-Pacific region is becoming increasingly severe due to China’s growing military power.
Further cooperation between the Japanese and U.S. defense industries will strengthen deterrence, although Japan’s defense industry is currently in a difficult situation, with domestic procurement stagnating.
For Japan to fully take advantage of its role in the U.S.-Japan alliance, it must maintain and strengthen the defense industry through defense industrial cooperation with the United States.
This time I would like tentatively to share the insights of the report by Mr. Takashi Kodaira, Visiting Fellow, Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, with the title “Beyond Foreign Military Sales: Opportunities to Enhance Japan-U.S. Defense Industrial Cooperation,” focusing on his “Policy Recommendations.”
This report examines trend lines in Japan’s defense industrial strategy and potential avenues for bilateral cooperation to enhance capabilities critical to managing complex security challenges facing the U.S.-Japan alliance.
