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Japan steps up defence capabilities in new domains, with eye on China and Russia




Japan is ramping up its commitment to developing cutting-edge new capabilities in outer space, cyberspace and the electromagnetic domain – which includes communications and data collection and analysis – as a result of security challenges that have altered dramatically in the last decade, according to analysts.

There has been a gradual change in Japan’s defence posture since the end of the Cold War, during which military planners were tasked with preparing to repel an invasion of Hokkaido by…



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