Incidents and accidents involving U.S. military personnel cause great anxiety among the local community and must not be allowed to happen.
Shinjiro Koizumi
The Public Record
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October 16, 2026
Military exercises in the western Pacific earlier this week involving the Chinese Navy’s Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group had highlighted Japan’s “limited” monitoring capabilities
— Shinjiro Koizumi
This study aims to clarify the specific requirements for the rapid-response space transportation capabilities needed by the Defense Ministry and the SDF.
Currently, the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces are working to strengthen their capabilities in the space domain.
“Regarding nuclear-powered submarines, we will proceed with our consideration of not ruling them out as an option,”
Securing personnel is a major challenge amid Japan’s declining birth rate and aging population.
We are not considering recruiting foreign nationals into the Self-Defense Forces.
This deal will enable the ministry to move forward concretely with initiatives such as attracting private-sector companies.
The signing of this contract marks a significant milestone toward the development of this multifunctional integrated defense hub.
The Japanese military needs to be boosted with a 'sense of urgency and crisis'
We will transform the organization so that we can respond to the most severe and complex security environment of the postwar period,
The bear mission aims to help secure people’s daily lives, but that service members’ primary mission is national defense.





