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Takahashi Kosuke

Takahashi Kosuke

Takahashi Kosuke is Tokyo Correspondent for The Diplomat.

Takahashi Kosuke is former Tokyo Correspondent for Janes Defence Weekly and  former editor-in-chief of HuffPost Japan. He also was a former staff writer at The Asahi Shimbun and Bloomberg.

Takahashi graduated from Keio University with a B.A. in economics in 1993. After working for The Asahi Shimbun and Dow Jones, he studied at Columbia University’s Journalism School and School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and graduated with Master of Science in Journalism and Master of International Affairs in 2004. Prior to joining the Asahi as a reporter in 1993, he worked for Baltimore Economic Development Corporation as an exchange trainee to a sister city program of Kawasaki City, and researched trade issues between the United States and Japan. He was awarded an Honorary citizenship of Baltimore for his work in 1988.

Posts by Takahashi Kosuke
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September 08, 2022

Japan, UK to Push Forward With Joint New Air-to-Air Missile Co-development

By Kosuke Takahashi
The new Truss government in London is likely to upgrade the current partnership to quasi-alliance status.
August 31, 2022

Japanese Defense Ministry Requests Largest Ever Budget for Fiscal Year 2023

By Kosuke Takahashi
Japan has broken last year's record for its requested defense budget as security concerns mount in Tokyo.

August 20, 2022

How Would Japan Respond to a Taiwan Contingency?

By Kosuke Takahashi
National preparedness for a cross-strait emergency has been far behind what is necessary.

August 05, 2022

China’s Live-Fire Drills Near Taiwan Send Ballistic Missiles Into Japan’s EEZ

By Kosuke Takahashi
It’s the first time China has fired ballistic missiles into Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

July 28, 2022

The LDP’s Tangled Ties to the Unification Church

By Kosuke Takahashi
Japanese lawmakers’ collusive ties with the controversial religious group have emerged as a major national issue.
July 12, 2022

Assassination of Kingmaker Abe Will Consolidate Prime Minister Kishida’s Power

By Kosuke Takahashi
The political shockwaves from Abe's assassination are just starting to be felt with the upper house election.

July 08, 2022

Japan Needs a National Space Strategy: Former JASDF General

By Kosuke Takahashi
Tokyo needs to enhance multilateral cooperation with the U.S. and other Western countries in space security, says General Kataoka Haruhiko, a former chief of staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
July 02, 2022

Japan Awards Contract to Shipbuilder JMU for 12 New Offshore Patrol Vessels

By Kosuke Takahashi
The new ships are supposed to be both more capable and more automated than current vessels.

July 01, 2022

US-led RIMPAC, World’s Largest Maritime Exercise, Starts Without China or Taiwan

By Kosuke Takahashi
The exercises kicked off without Taiwan’s participation, despite a push from Congress, while China's previous invitations are a distant memory.

June 23, 2022

Japan’s MHI Launches 5th Mogami-Class Multirole Frigate for JMSDF

By Kosuke Takahashi
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is pursuing more compact ships to counter China and Russia in the East China Sea and broader Indo-Pacific.

June 08, 2022

Japanese Former Defense Minister Morimoto Satoshi on a Taiwan Contingency

By Kosuke Takahashi
If “China can unify Taiwan while eliminating U.S. interference. This is the best scenario for China... The surrounding countries cannot help Taiwan.”
June 03, 2022

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Points to Vertigo in Fatal January Crash

By Kosuke Takahashi
Spatial disorientation of pilots was the likely cause of the January F-15 crash, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force says.

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