Tokyo DispatchJapan, in EnglishThe government will not adopt the "threat" label floated within the ruling parties as it revises its national security strategy and two related documents by year's end.
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.
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.
A husband-and-wife manzai duo explain maritime security, satellites and AI in a taxpayer-funded campaign that online commenters have met with near-uniform scorn.
Semiconductors, dual-use technology and physical AI are among the items the government will treat as priorities in a growth strategy it aims to finish by the end of the year.
