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NAME:Japan’s National Defense Strategy in the Takaichi Era - JapanHands
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 anHands
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 n the Takaichi Era
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SUMMARY:Japan’s National Defense Strategy in the Takaichi Era
LOCATION:Atago Sports Complex - Culture Center: 2nd Floor Multi-Purpose Ro
 om | 2 Chome Atagomachi\, Iwakuni\, yamaguchi\, 740-0037\, Japan | https:/
 /www.ycaps.org/cc-iwakuni-july-2026
DESCRIPTION:YCAPS is excited to announce the next event in the Community C
 onversations seminar series in the Iwakuni Community! This event will feat
 ure Dr. Adam P. Liff\, Professor of East Asian International Relations at 
 Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International S
 tudies\, who will guide us in a discussion on Japan's National Defense Str
 ategy in the Takaichi Era.\n\nIn December 2022\, Japan’s leaders made gl
 obal headlines when they announced a historic revision of Japan’s nation
 al defense strategy. That strategy\, still in effect\, was as remarkable f
 or its substantive ambition and breadth as for what it revealed about lead
 ers’ growing alarm about the rapidly worsening security environment surr
 ounding Japan. Less than four years later\, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 
 has already announced plans for another major revision by the end of 2026\
 , years ahead of schedule. This talk will introduce key elements of Japan
 ’s national defense strategy and highlight current political debates in 
 Japan about what comes next. The combination of rapidly shifting geopoliti
 cs\, the worsening threat environment facing Japan\, and the concentration
  of political power in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party following
  its overwhelming February election victory all carry important implicatio
 ns for Japan’s defense policy and\, by extension\, the U.S.-Japan allian
 ce.\n\nOrganizer: Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies\n\nOrganizer em
 ail: info@ycaps.org\n\nRegistration: https://forms.gle/QjDcVV8ayAnreQ8i7\n
 \nJapanHands listing: https://japanhands.org/events/japans-national-defens
 e-strategy-in-the-takaichi-era
ORGANIZER;CN="Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies":mailto:info@ycaps.
 org
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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