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Senior Research Fellow

Hirohito Ogi is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) studying military strategy and Japan’s defense policy. Before joining the IOG, Mr. Ogi had been a career government official at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) for 16 years. From 2021 to 2022, he served as the Principal Deputy Director for the Strategic Intelligence Analysis Office, the Defense Intelligence Division at the MOD, where he led the MOD’s defense intelligence. From 2019 to 2021, he served as a Deputy Director of the Defense Planning and Programming Division at the MOD. He holds a Master’s degree in international affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, and a Bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences from the University of Tokyo. He is the author of various publications including <i>Comparative Study of Defense Industries: Autonomy, Priority, and Sustainability</i> (co-authored, Institute of Geoeconomics, 2023).

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

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Economic Security

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

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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

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Comparative Study of Defense Industries -Autonomy, Priority, and Sustainability- (Executive Summary)

Amid the push for fundamental reinforcement of defensive capabilities following the release of three strategic documents, there’s

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How Japan can make the most of its latest diplomatic tool

Japan now has a new diplomatic policy tool. In April, the government decided to implement a new official security assistance (O

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How Can We Make the Argument on Tax Increase for Strengthening Defense Capabilities Persuasive?

On December 16, 2022, when the Japanese government released the three strategic documents, the Defense Buildup Program, one of t

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The Strategic Shift from Territorial Defense to In-Depth Interdiction and the Unfinished Work of Transforming the Self-Defense Forces: Key Takeaways on Japanese Three Strategic Documents

On December 16, 2022, the Japanese government decided to significantly strengthen its defense capabilities by adopting the so-call

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In dealing with Beijing, Tokyo must adopt a strong security front

With Japan facing a challenging regional security environment, Tokyo turned to drastically boosting the country’s defense capabili

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Impact of the war in Ukraine sees Japan at the mercy of bigger players

Due to Ukraine’s remarkable counteroffensive, triggered by its retaking of Kharkiv province in September, Russia has apparently be

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