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Japan
Starlink highlights economic security challenges facing democracies

The Russia-Ukraine war has placed a fresh spotlight on the extremely close relationship between civil technology and military tech

Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Japan
How to deal with influence operations in the era of generative AI

2024 will be a year when we watch over elections in many countries while paying attention to the progress in artificial intelligen

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

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The Opportunity and Duty for Japan’s Defense Exports Amid the Demand-Pulled International Defense Economy

The Economic Security Promotion Act enacted in 2022 stipulates as its objective “the promotion of national security through integr

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Japan
Can we trust the polls? How emerging technologies affect democracy

Do technologies change how democracy works, or do democratic principles determine how technologies work? With 2024 being a glob

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Kousuke Saito

Japan
Remaining Challenges for Operationalizing Japan’s Information Security Legislation

Japanese government submitted a bill on establishing the new security clearance legislation for protecting sensitive information r

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

Japan
The U.S.-Japan gap: a challenge in economicsecurity cooperation

In recent years, Japan has been the world’s forerunner in the field of economic security, setting up an economic division within t

Visiting Research Fellow

Mariko Togashi

Japan
The Tyranny of Geography: Okinawa in the era of great power competition

Since Okinawa’s handover back to Japan in 1972, the prefecture has played an indispensable role in Japan’s national security. The

Research Associate

Marina Fujita Dickson

Japan
Why Japanese companies need to prepare for Trump 2.0

On Jan. 12, as the new year got underway, TV Tokyo conducted an interview with leaders of major Japanese companies regarding 2024'

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Satoshi Yamada

Japan
The Two Wars and the Elections in 2024

Director & Group Head, Economic Security

Kazuto Suzuki

Japan
How East Asia should prepare for a possible Trump comeback

U.S. allies in East Asia are becoming increasingly worried about how the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November wil

Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi

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