In his latest Security Nexus Perspective, Maj. Takashi Okamoto, U.S. Marine Corps, operations officer at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ College of Security Studies, examines Japan’s strategic shift under the Takaichi Doctrine, which transforms industrial capacity into a core element of national power and deterrence. The paper explores how Japan’s export reforms, supply chain security and alliance-integrated production are reshaping the regional security landscape, positioning Japan as an indispensable security provider in the Indo-Pacific.

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