On March 19, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi held the latest round of talks by the ministry’s Promotion HQ for Transformation of Defense Capabilities and laid out key technological requirements and initiatives to strengthen collaboration with like-minded countries.In his opening speech to the sixth round of Promotion HQ,[1] Koizumi highlighted five key technological directions that Japan should focus on to accelerate the reinforcement of defense capabilities: 1) Unmanned Assets, 2) Space, 3) Cyber, 4) Electromagnetic Spectrum, and 5) Command, Control, Communications, and Intellig…
Koizumi’s Defense Transformation Priorities: Assessing Continuity and Change
Image in materials from the 5th meeting held on March 4 by the Japanese Defense Ministry’s Promotion HQ for Transformation of Defense Capabilities
【Image Source】Japan Ministry of Defense
https://www.mod.go.jp/en/d_policy/defense-capability-transformation/images/5th_4-mar-2026a.pdf
04/06/2026 NSBT Japan Editorial Department
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