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Kosuke Takahashi
Kosuke Takahashi is a Tokyo-based journalist. His work has appeared in the Asahi Shimbun, Bloomberg, Asia Times, Jane's Defence Weekly and The Diplomat, among other publications. You can follow him on Twitter.
In its Defense of Japan 2018 White Paper, released on August 28, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) highlighted an “unprecedentedly serious and imminent threat to Japan’s security.”
It struck a harsher tone than last year’s paper, which only spoke of “a new level of threat."
In its Defense of Japan 2018 White Paper, released on August 28, Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) highlighted an “unprecedentedly serious and imminent threat to Japan’s security.”
It struck a harsher tone than last year’s paper, which only spoke of “a new level of threat."
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Kosuke Takahashi is a Tokyo-based journalist. His work has appeared in the Asahi Shimbun, Bloomberg, Asia Times, Jane's Defence Weekly and The Diplomat, among other publications. You can follow him on Twitter.
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