With a mandate after its Feb. 8 election victory, the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will likely accelerate its planned revisions to Japan¡¯s core national-security strategies. It has already identified two priorities: mass deployment of unmanned systems and the ability to sustain a prolonged war.
These priorities reflect strategic foresight. Whether Japan can serve as a reliable ¡°unmanned systems hub¡± for its allies and like-minded partners will help shape stability in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.
This shift reflects lessons from Russia¡¯s war in Ukraine, where drones are ubiquitous and millions of low-cost commercial and attack systems have been expended. Industrial-scale production and resilient resupply networks have proven decisive in sustaining combat power.
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