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Japan counter-attack capability
![JGSDF Plans to Build a Missile Firing Range on Japan’s Easternmost Island JGSDF Plans to Build a Missile Firing Range on Japan’s Easternmost Island](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-07-25-155420.jpg)
JGSDF Plans to Build a Missile Firing Range on Japan’s Easternmost Island
By Takahashi Kosuke
This will be the first launch range for a missile with a firing range of over 100 kilometers in Japan.
![Japan Will Get Its Tomahawk Missiles a Year Early Japan Will Get Its Tomahawk Missiles a Year Early](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-5576677907_820ec0e0aa_o.jpg)
Japan Will Get Its Tomahawk Missiles a Year Early
By Takahashi Kosuke
Japan’s defense minister said Tokyo would accelerate the purchase of the stand-off cruise missiles “in light of the increasingly severe security environment.”
![Japan’s Defense Ministry Requests Largest Ever Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 Japan’s Defense Ministry Requests Largest Ever Budget for Fiscal Year 2024](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-08-31-140239.jpg)
Japan’s Defense Ministry Requests Largest Ever Budget for Fiscal Year 2024
By Takahashi Kosuke
Japan's defense build-up, including pursuit of a counter-strike capability, continues to require record-setting funds.
![From Follower to Leader: Japan’s Emergence as a Fully-Fledged Regional Security Actor From Follower to Leader: Japan’s Emergence as a Fully-Fledged Regional Security Actor](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-14-144519.png)
From Follower to Leader: Japan’s Emergence as a Fully-Fledged Regional Security Actor
By Aurelia George Mulgan
Not only has Japan become an indispensable ally for the U.S. in contingency planning, but Tokyo is also no longer relying solely on the United States to deter China.
![Japan’s New Security Strategy, Part 2: The Ongoing Debates Japan’s New Security Strategy, Part 2: The Ongoing Debates](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-08-29-174008.jpg)
Japan’s New Security Strategy, Part 2: The Ongoing Debates
By Pascal Lottaz
Within Japan, there are debates as to how new – and how hawkish – the 2022 National Security Strategy really is.
![Japan Awards Kawasaki Heavy Industries $243 Million Contract for Homegrown Version of Tomahawk Missile Japan Awards Kawasaki Heavy Industries $243 Million Contract for Homegrown Version of Tomahawk Missile](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-06-192113.jpg)
Japan Awards Kawasaki Heavy Industries $243 Million Contract for Homegrown Version of Tomahawk Missile
By Takahashi Kosuke
Both KHI and MHI received major contracts to develop standoff missiles, part of Japan’s push for counterstrike capabilities.
![Japan Awards Mitsubishi Heavy Industries $2.86 Billion Contract for New Standoff Weapons Japan Awards Mitsubishi Heavy Industries $2.86 Billion Contract for New Standoff Weapons](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-05-181011.jpg)
Japan Awards Mitsubishi Heavy Industries $2.86 Billion Contract for New Standoff Weapons
By Takahashi Kosuke
MHI will develop upgraded Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles and new submarine-launched standoff missiles.
![Japan Approves 26.3% Increase in Defense Spending for Fiscal Year 2023 Japan Approves 26.3% Increase in Defense Spending for Fiscal Year 2023](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-23-161715.jpg)
Japan Approves 26.3% Increase in Defense Spending for Fiscal Year 2023
By Takahashi Kosuke
For the ninth year in a row, the budget draft set a new record for Japan’s national defense budget.
![Japan’s Long-Range Strike Capability Decision Was Not Sudden Japan’s Long-Range Strike Capability Decision Was Not Sudden](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-08-29-174008.jpg)
Japan’s Long-Range Strike Capability Decision Was Not Sudden
By Hiroaki Kato
The shift in Japan's security policy was the result of a series of parliamentary debates stretching back decades.
![North Korea Warns Against Japan’s New Security Strategy North Korea Warns Against Japan’s New Security Strategy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-21-134435.jpg)
North Korea Warns Against Japan’s New Security Strategy
By Mitch Shin
After Tokyo announced its new security strategy, Pyongyang threatened to take a “decisive military step” in response.
![Why Japan’s Missile Defense Requires ‘Counterstrike Capabilities’ Why Japan’s Missile Defense Requires ‘Counterstrike Capabilities’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-3715513.jpg)
Why Japan’s Missile Defense Requires ‘Counterstrike Capabilities’
By Kenji Nagayoshi
Japan’s strike capability debate must be accompanied by the political will of decision-makers.
![Japan’s Ruling Coalition Approves Counterstrike Capability Japan’s Ruling Coalition Approves Counterstrike Capability](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-05-181011.jpg)
Japan’s Ruling Coalition Approves Counterstrike Capability
By Mina Pollmann
The long-debated move comes alongside increased defense spending amid worries about Japan's security environment.
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