This policy brief explains how Japan produces its annual defense white paper and how this publication and other … defense reports promote transparency on Japan’s national defense. I outline the process of putting together the white paper … defense transparency. …

Contemporary Japanese approaches to defense transparency are informed by history, relations with external states, the … domestic political configuration of institutions, and state–society interactions. Analysts from the Japanese defense establishment … expectations of defense transparency should be realistic, and the emphasis should be on bilateral efforts to promote defense …

Japan’s defense production model is often seen as a successful exemplar of “techno-nationalism,†especially in the … China to emulate in the reform of its own defense industry. But Japan’s defense production model, despite arguable past … structural development limitations have been increasingly revealed over the past two decades. Japan’s defense production model …

Among the various innovations introduced under the new National Defense Program Guidelines released by Japan in 2010 …, the most important is the “Dynamic Defense Force†concept, which will enable the Japan Self-Defense Forces to operate …

The National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG) is the primary document of Japan’s defense policy, setting both … guidelines for defense force planning and outlining the basic principles and policies of Japan’s national security strategy …

Over the last decade or more, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has sought to establish an effective defense high … incarnation under the former Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND). A key drawback of … the current STC though is its inability to provide the longterm, strategic vision for future defense innovation that the …

China’s growing shipbuilding prowess is very relevant to the analysis of China’s defense and dual-use economies. A … industrial innovation, and the ability to rapidly build merchant-type ships all have important defense implications. …

. Whereas the defense sector had been the undisputed leader of Chinese industrial technology for most of the PRC’s history … interests of the defense industry stands out. …

Key drivers of change in defense technology in Southeast Asia are regional insecurities and, more recently, the rise …