In episode two of Japan Memo, co-hosts Robert Ward and Yuka Koshino are joined by Professor Jimbo Ken, a security and foreign policy expert from the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University, to discuss the defence and security trends highlighted in Japan’s 2021 Defence White Paper, as well as:

• Japan’s missile defence challenges

• Japan’s investments in new domains (space, cyber, and electromagnetic spectrum)

• The role of the US–Japan Alliance in meeting defence and economic security challenges

• The significance of the United Kingdom’s HMS Queen Elizabeth convoy in the Asia-Pacific

• Japan’s expanding security relations with Southeast Asian states

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Date of recording: 30 July 2021

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