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Japan’s Defense Improves Slowly, Pick Up the Speed

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Japan’s Defense Improves Slowly, Pick Up the Speed
Japanese Prime Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sits in the cockpit of a F4EJ Kai jet fighter of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force after reviewing the force's personnel at Iruma Air Base in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2020. Kimimasa Mayama/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Grant Newsham
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Change often comes so slowly in Japan that it’s easy to overlook. That’s especially true with the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF)—Japan’s military.

Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
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Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region. He is a senior fellow with the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (Tokyo) and Center for Security Policy and the Yorktown Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the best selling book “When China Attacks: A Warning to America.”
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