After a suspected core member was sent from Osaka to Germany, Qilin called Japan's security among the world's worst, without evidence. Japan's new reporting law is narrower than the EU's NIS2.
Japan may write a study of nuclear-powered submarines into its security documents. Why nuclear propulsion is not nuclear arms, why the barrier is a 1965 legal reading, and what Australia, Korea and Brazil show.
A decryption tool built by Japan's police has restored about 20 million files for 41 companies since February 2024. It is free and used in more than 100 countries, and it still reaches only a fraction of victims.
Transits through the Strait of Hormuz have fallen from 21.6 to 4.9 million barrels a day, and Gulf producers are building seven bypass pipelines. Japan restored procurement, but July brought a 634.5 billion yen deficit.
Japan signed a mass-production contract for the Terra B1 interceptor drone on August 25, 2026, three months after opening the tender. Three foreign entries were tested too; only the Japanese aircraft got a contract.
After reports that Rakuten would help Helsing sell its HX-2 drone to Japan's Defense Ministry, three shops left Rakuten Ichiba. Strike drone or interceptor, and how far does a seller answer for the mall's other business?
On August 24 Takaichi pledged continued aid to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia at the Kyiv summit. Japan also draws 8.9% of its LNG from Russia, and a US Senate bill counts it among the top five buyers of Russian gas.
Underwater, only sound carries far, so the ocean is still read by a handful of specialists. NEC has a Japanese defence contract to build a self-supervised underwater acoustic foundation model by fiscal 2027.
On July 29, 2026, the destroyer Chokai fired a Tomahawk over the Pacific, a first for Japan. What 400 cruise missiles with a 1,600 km reach mean for a country built around defense-only doctrine.
Rolls-Royce, IHI and Avio Aero say the GCAP engine demonstrator is close to final design approval after more than 100 component tests, with ground running next. Sixth-generation fighter engines are judged on electrical power and heat, not just thrust. What Japan brought, and why co-designing an engine breaks with the F-2 era.
Loss-making mobile-game studio KLab has signed an MOU to bring an undisclosed partner's counter-drone system to the UAE. Inside a game company's pivot, UAE royal money, and Japan's neutral-broker play.