Defence fund draws record 560 applications, including first grants to 11 universities
The Defense Ministry's security technology research program received more than 500 proposals for fiscal 2026, with universities accounting for 291 of them.
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Japan to write wartime "endurance capability" into defense strategy
The government will commit to stockpiling ammunition and missiles in peacetime and securing a wartime production surge, with some in the ruling camp wary of language that assumes war.
LDP lawmakers urge defense agency to drive arms production and exports
A cross-party LDP group wants a new independent administrative body stood up early, with autumn 2027 in mind, to oversee defense equipment output and transfers.
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