Japan’s New National Security Strategy



Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan,
President, Asia Pacific Initiative
JIMBO Ken is Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University. He served as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Japan Ministry of Defense (2020) and a Senior Advisor, The National Security Secretariat (2018-20). His main research fields are in International Security, Japan-US Security Relations, Japanese Foreign and Defense Policy, Multilateral Security in Asia-Pacific, and Regionalism in East Asia. He has been a policy advisor for various Japanese governmental commissions and research groups including for the National Security Secretariat, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His policy writings have appeared in NBR, The RAND Corporation, Stimson Center, Pacific Forum CSIS, Japan Times, Nikkei, Yomiuri, Asahi and Sankei Shimbun. [Concurrent Position] Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
View Profile-
Orbán in the Public Eye: Anti-Ukraine Argument for Delegitimising Brussels2026.02.04 -
Trump, Takaichi and Japan’s Strategic Crossroads2026.02.03 -
Analysis: When Is a Tariff Threat Not a Tariff Threat?2026.01.29 -
Takaichi’s Strengths and the Need for ‘Strategic Signaling’2026.01.23 -
Takaichi’s Twin Challenges: Economic Growth and Security2026.01.13
Oil, Debt, and Dollars: The Geoeconomics of Venezuela2026.01.07
It’s Now or Never: India’s Ambitious Reform Push2026.01.09
Analysis: When Is a Tariff Threat Not a Tariff Threat?2026.01.29
Navigating Uncertainty in U.S. Space Policy: Decoding Elon Musk’s Influence2025.04.09
Orbán in the Public Eye: Anti-Ukraine Argument for Delegitimising Brussels2026.02.04















