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Nov 21
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Japan-US defence-industrial cooperation ...

The International Institute for Strategic Studies
About this episode

Robert Ward hosts Ogi Hirohito, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics; Ito Ayano, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ITO Strategy Company; and Tom Corben, Research Fellow at the United States Studies Centre. They discuss the increasing cooperation between Japan and the US in the defence industry.


Together, they explore:  

·      How Takaichi and Trump might cooperate on US-Japan defence-industrial issues

·      The Takaichi government’s new policies in relation to the defence industry

·      How the defence industry in Japan and the US views recent defence-industrial policy changes

·      Defence-industrial cooperation with third countries, through initiatives such as GCAP

·      How the US views defence-industrial cooperation with Japan and the effect of the upcoming US National Security Strategy on this

 

Recommended materials from our guests:  

·      Alan Booth, The Roads to Sata,(London: Penguin, 2020), 336pp.

·      Tobias S Harris, The Iconoclast, (London: Hurst, 2023), 504pp.

·      Anno Hideki and Higuchi Shinji, Shin Gozilla, (Toho Co, 2016).


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Date recorded: 4 November 2025

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