Emerging Technology

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Emerging Technology
Japan’s Science-Security Convergence Needs Guardrails

By Hiroyuki Matsumura, professor in the Faculty of Economics, Komazawa University in Tokyo Japan’s latest science and technology

Emerging Technology
Turning Dual-Use Technology Into Defense Capability

Japan is betting heavily on dual-use technology, but finding promising technologies is the easy part. The harder challenge is turn

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Emerging Technology
Who Will Shape AI Governance? The Global South’s Growing Voice

Paul Nadeau Visiting Research Fellow at IOG Wakana Asano Research Associate, Takano Fellowship, the International Institute for

Visiting Research Fellow

Paul Nadeau

Emerging Technology
Japan’s manufacturing sector and the race for physical AI

Japan wants to turn its factory floors into the proving ground for the next frontier of artificial intelligence. The question is w

Group Head, Emerging Technologies

Makoto Shiono

Economic Security
Sovereign AI After Fugu: From Vertical Dominance to Horizontal Resilience

On 22 June, Tokyo-based Sakana AI launched “Fugu”, a multi-agent orchestration system accessed through a single model API (applica

Visiting Research Fellow

Andrew Capistrano

Economic Security
Digital Currencies and Monetary Hegemony, Part III of III: Dollar Hegemony and Digital Currencies

Part I of this series examined the history of the weaponization of finance and currency, as well as the argument that reserve curr

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya

Emerging Technology
China’s Geoeconomic Power at The Auto China 2026 Show: The Pursuit — and Limits — of “Autonomy” in the AI Vehicle Age

As China’s automotive industry rapidly expands its presence in global markets, the implications extend far beyond conventional ind

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

Economic Security
Digital Currencies and Monetary Hegemony Part II of III: The Rise and Diffusion of Digital Currencies

Part I reviewed the history of the weaponization of finance and currency. It also explained the advantages of reserve currency sta

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

Shin Oya

Security
Japan’s space systems face growing cybersecurity threats

In November, less than a month after taking office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi established the Japan Growth Strategy Headquarte

Senior Research Fellow

Kota Umeda

Economic Security
Local Industrial Policy in China: The Source of Geoeconomic Power and the “Indispensability of Goods”

A key concept for understanding the expansion of China’s geoeconomic power is what could be called the “indispensability of goods.

Senior Research Fellow

Kenichi Doi

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